Trying to initialize padlock support on Via C7 Eden CPU

Vivek Khera vivek at khera.org
Mon Dec 24 11:01:31 PST 2007


On Dec 22, 2007, at 1:38 PM, Michael Proto wrote:

> I purchased a Jetway J7F4K1G2E w/VIA Eden 1.2GHz cpu/motherboard combo
> (http://e-itx.com/jetway-j7f4k1g2e-mini-itx-motherboard.html) that I'm
> trying to get working with the FreeBSD padlock driver. Based on what I
> see from the manufacturer's CPU support list ,
> http://www.jetwaycomputer.com/VIA3.html, I have a C7 Esther processer.
>
> It looks like the CPUID for this processor isn't recognized by FreeBSD
> 6.3-RC1 or 7.0-BETA3. GENERIC on 7.0-BETA3 detects the CPU as follows:

FWIW, I have the exact same motherboard from E-ITX as well.  I run  
FreeNAS on mine.  FreeNAS is running the FreeBSD 6.2-REL-p8 kernel and  
detects the CPU just fine:

CPU: VIA C7 Esther+RNG+AES+AES-CTR+SHA1+SHA256+RSA (1200.01-MHz 686- 
class CPU)
   Origin = "CentaurHauls"  Id = 0x6a9  Stepping = 9
   
Features 
= 
0xa7c9baff 
< 
FPU 
,VME 
,DE 
,PSE 
,TSC 
,MSR 
,PAE 
,MCE,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,CMOV,PAT,CLFLUSH,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,PBE>
   Features2=0x181<SSE3,EST,TM2>
  [[ snip ]]
PadLock: HW support loaded for AES-CBC,SHA1,SHA256.


It seems you have a newer ID and different Stepping than mine.  I have  
no way to boot 6.3 on this box until FreeNAS is using 6.3.



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