Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-19 Thread eugene
To authors of /proc/cpuinfo: Plz, fix stepping identification: It might be a bug in the kernel code, however it is pretty unlikely: It just reads what the CPU reports. You have an odd chip, nothing what the kernel can do about. I see "family 15, model 2, stepping 4" usually beeing a P4 2.4GHz

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-19 Thread H. Peter Anvin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > There is NO "stepping 4" for XEON, as Intel site states! > Tough. Reality disagrees. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-19 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > From now I'll use Intel recomendation to run their utility to resolve all > questions. You mean this, right? http://www.intel.com/support/processors/sb/cs-001632.htm Greetings Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ke

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-19 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > To authors of /proc/cpuinfo: > > Plz, fix stepping identification: It might be a bug in the kernel code, however it is pretty unlikely: It just reads what the CPU reports. You have an odd chip, nothing what the kernel can do about. I see "family 15, mod

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-19 Thread eugene
Thanks all for clear answers. Take my apologies for my ignorance in Intel way to make CPUs. From now I'll use Intel recomendation to run their utility to resolve all questions. Let me finish the thread. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a me

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-19 Thread eugene
On Fri, 18 May 2007, H. Peter Anvin wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I already told, there is no stepping 4 for Xeons on Intel site! So /proc/cpuinfo, dmidecode, x86info are all wrong. Moreover, x86info is too old and can't work with /sys fs. Also Linux is poor on giving FSB and Memory fre

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread H. Peter Anvin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > As I already told, there is no stepping 4 for Xeons on Intel site! So > /proc/cpuinfo, dmidecode, x86info are all wrong. > Moreover, x86info is too old and can't work with /sys fs. > > Also Linux is poor on giving FSB and Memory frequency, which I need to > be sure that

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread eugene
On Fri, 18 May 2007, Chris Snook wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 May 2007, Chris Snook wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > --- > > > > > > I have Pentium D CPU, which many Windows utilities like cpu

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Bernd Eckenfels wrote: On the other server I have some 2GHz HT Xeons which can't be identified on Intel site because of strange naming pattern. Google for model and stepping. ... and use x86info. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in th

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Am I right that is chipset on mainboard, who is saying - "I know", not > CPU itself? It is a feature bitfield read directly from the CPU. > Is it better to switch off HT support in BIOS? The CPU will still report that flag. Might speed up the boot

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread Chris Snook
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 18 May 2007, Chris Snook wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- I have Pentium D CPU, which many Windows utilities like cpuz, wcpuid, everest identify as D 930 (Dual Core, 3GHz). From

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 12:07:09PM -0700, Siddha, Suresh B wrote: > On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:45:59AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > > IIRC, the HT flag is also reported for multicore CPUs. > > Yes. Thats correct. And for some Single-Core Non-HT CPUs. Gruss Bernd -- (OO) -- [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread eugene
On Fri, 18 May 2007, Chris Snook wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- I have Pentium D CPU, which many Windows utilities like cpuz, wcpuid, everest identify as D 930 (Dual Core, 3GHz). From Intel site I find out that

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread Chris Snook
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- I have Pentium D CPU, which many Windows utilities like cpuz, wcpuid, everest identify as D 930 (Dual Core, 3GHz). From Intel site I find out that it has no HT feature, nor Windows XP identify

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread Siddha, Suresh B
On Fri, May 18, 2007 at 11:45:59AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > IIRC, the HT flag is also reported for multicore CPUs. Yes. Thats correct. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.k

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread H. Peter Anvin
Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> I have Pentium D CPU, which many Windows utilities like cpuz, wcpuid, >> everest identify as D 930 (Dual Core, 3GHz). From Intel site I find out >> that it has no HT feature, nor Windows XP identify it as HT. > > the ht flag r

Re: ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > I have Pentium D CPU, which many Windows utilities like cpuz, wcpuid, > everest identify as D 930 (Dual Core, 3GHz). From Intel site I find out > that it has no HT feature, nor Windows XP identify it as HT. the ht flag reported by the CPU and cpuinfo i

ht CPU flag

2007-05-18 Thread eugene
Hello dear developers! Here is my system configuration. Linux ns 2.6.19-gentoo-r5 #5 SMP Thu May 3 00:45:12 AMST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Pentium(R) D CPU 3.00GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux Gnu C 4.1.1 Gnu make 3.81 binutils 2.16.1 util-linux 2.1