Re: Detecting CPU Type
Olivier Regnier wrote: I searching to find information about my CPU type. i have this: CPU: Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ (1600.06-Mhz 686-class CPU) I must configure my CPUTYPE?= in /etc/make.conf. I'ts i686 (686-class) or i386 ? i386 is the architecture; it includes all the similar processors including the 486, Pentiums, Athlon, etc. Other architectures are completely different hardware, eg Sun's SPARC. The 686-class is the specific processor within the i386 architecture. if you look in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf you'll see a list of options for CPUTYPE. athlon-xp might be the closest to your cpu. However, some folks here recommend against using overly specific cpu optimization. You can go safe and just use pentium4 -RW ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Detecting CPU Type
On Tuesday 10 July 2007 21:54:43 Olivier Regnier wrote: Hi everyone, I searching to find information about my CPU type. With the following command: # dmesg | grep -i cpu i have this: CPU: Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ (1600.06-Mhz 686-class CPU) but with a # uname -m i have i386. I must configure my CPUTYPE?= in /etc/make.conf. I'ts i686 (686-class) or i386 ? Can you give me information please ? Thank you. Olivier Regnier Hi Olivier, from the manual page of uname(1) you can see what the -m option shows you, namely the platform on which you are running FreeBSD: -m Write the type of the current hardware platform to standard out- put. This page gives information on what kind of platforms does FreeBSD run http://www.freebsd.org/platforms/ -- PGP KeyID: 0x3118168B Keyserver: pgp.mit.edu Key fingerprint BB50 2983 0714 36DC D02E 158A E03D 56DA 3118 168B pgpWIVoklXlLD.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Detecting CPU Type
On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:42:33 -0400 Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Olivier Regnier wrote: I searching to find information about my CPU type. i have this: CPU: Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ (1600.06-Mhz 686-class CPU) I must configure my CPUTYPE?= in /etc/make.conf. I'ts i686 (686-class) or i386 ? i386 is the architecture; it includes all the similar processors including the 486, Pentiums, Athlon, etc. Other architectures are completely different hardware, eg Sun's SPARC. The 686-class is the specific processor within the i386 architecture. if you look in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf you'll see a list of options for CPUTYPE. athlon-xp might be the closest to your cpu. However, some folks here recommend against using overly specific cpu optimization. You can go safe and just use pentium4 I'm not sure that is safe, Athlons, Sempron etc are back-compatible to 686 i.e. Pentium Pro, which is way before Intel developed the Pentium4. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Detecting CPU Type
RW wrote: On Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:42:33 -0400 Rob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Olivier Regnier wrote: I searching to find information about my CPU type. i have this: CPU: Mobile AMD Sempron(tm) Processor 2800+ (1600.06-Mhz 686-class CPU) I must configure my CPUTYPE?= in /etc/make.conf. I'ts i686 (686-class) or i386 ? i386 is the architecture; it includes all the similar processors including the 486, Pentiums, Athlon, etc. Other architectures are completely different hardware, eg Sun's SPARC. The 686-class is the specific processor within the i386 architecture. if you look in /usr/share/examples/etc/make.conf you'll see a list of options for CPUTYPE. athlon-xp might be the closest to your cpu. However, some folks here recommend against using overly specific cpu optimization. You can go safe and just use pentium4 I'm not sure that is safe, Athlons, Sempron etc are back-compatible to 686 i.e. Pentium Pro, which is way before Intel developed the Pentium4. Use athlon-xp (hyphen or no hyphen? I forget..). -Garrett ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Detecting CPU type without dmesg
Nathan Butcher wrote: Here's a curly question:- How can you detect the CPU type (make, model, and rated speed) on a running FreeBSD server without using dmesg? I can't shut this machine off to check BIOS messages, and neither can I check dmesg (it seems that a pile of network dmesg logging has rotated the kernel initialization log part off into the sunset). Is there a way to check CPU processor make and model type at all now? I'm starting to wish that FreeBSD would save the kernel initialization log in a place where it couldn't get lost (sort of like /proc in Linux but without the fanciness that entails)... or perhaps there is such a Valhalla in FreeBSD and I can't see it for the forest? You may try: # less /var/run/dmesg.boot The boot-stage dmesg is always saved there. Also, try to use linprocfs(5) and mount_linprocfs(8). The linux-style hardware description is there. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Detecting CPU type without dmesg
Nathan Butcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Here's a curly question:- How can you detect the CPU type (make, model, and rated speed) on a running FreeBSD server without using dmesg? I can't shut this machine off to check BIOS messages, and neither can I check dmesg (it seems that a pile of network dmesg logging has rotated the kernel initialization log part off into the sunset). Is there a way to check CPU processor make and model type at all now? I'm starting to wish that FreeBSD would save the kernel initialization log in a place where it couldn't get lost (sort of like /proc in Linux but without the fanciness that entails)... or perhaps there is such a Valhalla in FreeBSD and I can't see it for the forest? Help much appreciated Nathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You could use dmidecode, it's in the Ports. hth lars. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Detecting CPU type without dmesg
On 3/22/06, lars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nathan Butcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Here's a curly question:- How can you detect the CPU type (make, model, and rated speed) on a running FreeBSD server without using dmesg? I can't shut this machine off to check BIOS messages, and neither can I check dmesg (it seems that a pile of network dmesg logging has rotated the kernel initialization log part off into the sunset). Is there a way to check CPU processor make and model type at all now? I'm starting to wish that FreeBSD would save the kernel initialization log in a place where it couldn't get lost (sort of like /proc in Linux but without the fanciness that entails)... or perhaps there is such a Valhalla in FreeBSD and I can't see it for the forest? Help much appreciated Nathan ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You could use dmidecode, it's in the Ports. Also sysutils/x86info ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
