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On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 7:18 AM, Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> wrote: |
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> I'm installing Gentoo on a brand new toy I just got myself. Here are |
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> the choices from "make menuconfig". Is "Core 2/newer Xeon" correct? |
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> |
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> ( ) Opteron/Athlon64/Hammer/K8 |
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> ( ) Intel P4 / older Netburst based Xeon |
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> (X) Core 2/newer Xeon |
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> ( ) Intel Atom |
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> ( ) Generic-x86-64 |
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> Here's the listing for one of the cores from /proc/cpuinfo |
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> processor : 0 |
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> vendor_id : GenuineIntel |
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> cpu family : 6 |
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> model : 37 |
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> model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU M 620 @ 2.67GHz |
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> stepping : 5 |
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> microcode : 0x2 |
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> cpu MHz : 2667.000 |
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> cache size : 4096 KB |
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> physical id : 0 |
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> siblings : 4 |
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> core id : 0 |
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> cpu cores : 2 |
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> apicid : 0 |
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> initial apicid : 0 |
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> fpu : yes |
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> fpu_exception : yes |
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> cpuid level : 11 |
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> wp : yes |
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> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge |
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> mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe |
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> syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good nopl |
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> xtopology nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx |
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> smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes lahf_lm |
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> ida arat dtherm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid |
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> bogomips : 5320.06 |
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> clflush size : 64 |
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> cache_alignment : 64 |
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> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual |
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> power management: |
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Y U NO read help of that option? It's clearly specified there that |
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newer Xeons have family 6 and older ones have 15. |
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So, your choice is right. |
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Nilesh Govindrajan |
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http://nileshgr.com |
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