>Alexander Kolbasov wrote:
>>> psrinfo -vp currently outputs processor IDs in 'digested' form:
>>>
>>> The physical processor has 1 virtual processor (0)
>>>    x86 (AuthenticAMD family 15 model 37 step 1 clock 2210 MHz)
>>>          AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 848
>> 
>> Note that psrinfo doesn't do anything smart here. It just prints whatever 
>> value of the implementation string is provided in cpu_info kstat. The value 
>> itself is completely determined by the platform code.
>
>oh, yes, absolutely; the change is actually to the kernel.  The only place I 
>know that string is *used* is in psrinfo, but it does in fact show up in 
>"kstat 
>cpu_info" as well.


I would think that this is a useful change to make; I have on occassion
needed to either read the register directly or convert it back.

Casper
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