The cache-line flush size and the presence of CMOV are also useful considerations.
The presence of the 8 MTRR's is significant... though probably less so in our application. -Philip Kerem Erciyes wrote: > I think Padlock support counts if you are trying to run OpenVPN or IPSEC. > I have always run generic-pc type images on C3/C7 processors without > any problem. > (astlinux, m0n0wall, freenas, etc...) > > This is the C7 I tested the build with, it has SSE3 and RNG/ACE as > most important differences. > I also tested with a C3-2. > > processor : 0 > vendor_id : CentaurHauls > cpu family : 6 > model : 10 > model name : VIA Esther processor 1000MHz > stepping : 9 > cpu MHz : 999.990 > cache size : 128 KB > fdiv_bug : no > hlt_bug : no > f00f_bug : no > coma_bug : no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 1 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce apic sep mtrr pge cmov pat > clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 pni est rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 > ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en > bogomips : 2000.67 > clflush size : 64 > > > On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Darrick Hartman > <dhart...@djhsolutions.com> wrote: > >> Kristian Kielhofner wrote: >> >>> Looks like I've got a straight C3 on this machine: >>> >>> processor : 0 >>> vendor_id : CentaurHauls >>> cpu family : 6 >>> model : 7 >>> model name : VIA Samuel 2 >>> stepping : 3 >>> cpu MHz : 532.657 >>> cache size : 64 KB >>> fdiv_bug : no >>> hlt_bug : no >>> f00f_bug : no >>> coma_bug : no >>> fpu : yes >>> fpu_exception : yes >>> cpuid level : 1 >>> wp : yes >>> flags : fpu de tsc msr cx8 mtrr pge mmx 3dnow >>> bogomips : 1066.16 >>> clflush size : 32 >>> >>> It seems unlikely this is causing my current issue but I would be >>> interested to see what it would take to make a C3 image. Also, I'm >>> not sure I like the idea of three different sets of optimizations for >>> different Via cores... >>> >> The original VIA C3's gain nothing really over the generic image. They >> lack padlock support so I think we say C3 is really for Nehamiah and >> newer and C7 is for well C7 processors. Older processors should use the >> generic image. >> >> Darrick >> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
