Dennis Clarke wrote: >> Jürgen Keil wrote: >>>> cpu0: x86 (CentaurHauls 6A9 family 6 model 10 step 9 clock 1200 MHz) >>>> cpu0: VIA Esther processor 1200MHz >>>> >>> Could be missing / broken or incomplete VIA/CentaurHauls x86 cpu support: >>> >> I'm suspecting that you are correct Jürgen. According to: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_C7#Esther >> >> ...the CPU's L2 is 32-way set associative, so we're likely >> mis-characterizing it. I'm trying to get access >> to the CPUID specification for this CPU. If someone can send me a >> pointer, i'd be grateful. :) > > here is what I have in front of me : >
<snip> > How can I be of help to you? I am sure that this machine here can > provide all that you want to know. I think what Eric is looking for is a reference or spec to the VIA C7 chip, specifically to find out what values it returns for CPUID queries. The fact that OpenSolaris is detecting it as a 10-way set associative cache when it's in fact a 32-way is a bug in the way we're querying the CPUID function on the VIA chip (or a bug in the way we're interpreting the response); so we need to find out what the correct query is, and how to correctly interpret it. cheers, steve -- stephen lau // [EMAIL PROTECTED] | 650.786.0845 | http://whacked.net opensolaris // solaris kernel development _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
