!!***SPAM***!! AMD64 X2 Dual and RAM

[Kris Kennaway]

On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 12:32:55AM +0200, Vahric MUHTARYAN wrote:
>  
> Hi,
>  
> Will start to using AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4400+
> (2188.80-MHz K8-class CPU) , I installed freebsd 6.0 and I can see that
> FreeBSD can see the cpu with correct name 
>  
> Jan 21 02:20:27 spma2 kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor
> 4400+ (2188.80-MHz K8-class CPU)
> Jan 21 02:20:27 spma2 kernel: Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x20f32
> Stepping = 2
> Jan 21 02:20:27 spma2 kernel:
> Features=0x178bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA
> ,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MM
> X,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,HTT>
> Jan 21 02:20:27 spma2 kernel: Features2=0x1<SSE3>
> Jan 21 02:20:27 spma2 kernel: AMD
> Features=0xe2500800<SYSCALL,NX,MMX+,<b25>,LM,3DNow+,3DNow>
> Jan 21 02:20:27 spma2 kernel: Hyperthreading: 2 logical CPUs
>  
> But when I checked top out I couldn't see C column .. also I added  "options
> SMP                     # Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel" line to kernel
> conf and compile it still I couldn't see system work like two cpu ? 
>  
> I know FreeBSD habe amd64 compatible (including OpteronT, Athlon 64, and
> EM64T) , but this cpu call like "AMD AthlonT 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor  "
> not  " AMD AthlonT 64 Processor  " 
>  
> Any knowledge about this  ? 

This is a FAQ.  You probably need a BIOS update to allow FreeBSD to
see and use the second core.

> And system can't see more then 3gb ram ?

Sure it can.

Kris
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