i agree with mark. On 28/11/2010, at 11:12 PM, Mark Kettenis wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:02:43 +1100 (EST) >> From: Damien Miller <d...@mindrot.org> >> >> On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Ted Unangst wrote: >> >>> if you really really need to know that your cpu cache has 48 fully >>> associative entries, go consult the spec sheet. otherwise, save some >>> electrons. >> >> or, how about only print this (and flags) for the first attached CPU? >> Unless there are plans to support assymmetric MP sometime soon... > > Best thing would be to print it once per socket, i.e. for the first > core of each physical CPU. > > Oh, and the flags can be subtly different for other CPUs in the > system, even if they are exactly the same model, because the BIOS can > enable/disable some features.