[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> 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. >
+1. :-) There are some bits there that aren't exposed via kstat now. I needed this with certain Via processors, for example. > Casper > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-code mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
