[OT] Re: freebsd-performance Digest, Vol 3, Issue 11

From: Paul Murphy (pnmurphy_at_cogeco.ca)
Date: 05/23/03

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    Date: Thu, 22 May 2003 18:21:16 -0400
To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org

    On Thu, 22 May 2003 10:56:15 -0700
    "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote:

    >
    > FreeBSD 5.1-BETA #9: Thu May 22 09:20:08 GMT 2003
    > root@k8.amd.com:/hammer/sys/amd64/compile/GENERIC
    >
    > CPU: AuthenticAMD AMD64 Class Processor
                        ^^^^^
    > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0xf40 Stepping = 0
    > Features=0x78bfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR
    > ,PGE,MCA,CM
    > OV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2>
    > AMD Features=0xe0500000<<b20>,AMIE,<b29>,DSP,3DNow!>
    >
    >
    > # file /boot/kernel/kernel
    > /boot/kernel/kernel: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, AMD x86-64, version 1
                                                      ^^^^^^^^^^
    > (FreeBSD),
    > dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped
    >

    [earth] /home/paul: dmesg
    FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE #0: Fri May 2 21:12:02 EDT 2003
        root@earth.upton.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/EARTH

    CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (1210.76-MHz 686-class CPU)
                                               ^^^^^^^^^
      Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x642 Stepping = 2
    Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,
    CMOV,PAT,PSE36, MMX,FXSR>
      AMD Features=0xc0440000<RSVD,AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>

    [earth] /home/paul: file /kernel
    /kernel: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD),
                                        ^^^^^^^^^^^
    dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped

     Just wondering. Are the above [^^^] just the difference between 4.8 and
    5.0, or 32 bit and 64 bit, or did I miss something in the kernel
    configuration? (I realize I have a 32 bit CPU, I am concerned about the
    AMD vs. the Intel x86 stuff)

    [earth] /home/paul: less /sys/i386/conf/EARTH
    machine i386
    cpu I686_CPU
    [snip] 

    -- 
Cogeco ergo sum

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