[LinuxBIOS] [Patch] Fix processor name string for Rev. F CPUs

Ward Vandewege ward at gnu.org
Mon May 21 22:02:07 CEST 2007


On Mon, May 21, 2007 at 09:37:28PM +0200, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> * Ward Vandewege <ward at gnu.org> [070521 21:30]:
> > 
> > I've attached my cpuinfo output from the proprietary BIOS, and from LB with
> > your patch.
>  
> Did you set K8_REV_F_SUPPORT=1? Otherwise Sven's patch will not work.

Ah, I did not. I tried adding it to the mainboard Options.lb:

--- Options.lb  (revision 2680)
+++ Options.lb  (working copy)
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 uses HW_MEM_HOLE_SIZEK
 uses HW_MEM_HOLE_SIZE_AUTO_INC
 uses K8_HT_FREQ_1G_SUPPORT
+uses K8_REV_F_SUPPORT
 
 uses HT_CHAIN_UNITID_BASE
 uses HT_CHAIN_END_UNITID_BASE
@@ -209,6 +210,9 @@
 #Opteron K8 1G HT Support
 default K8_HT_FREQ_1G_SUPPORT=1
 
+#Opteron Rev F (DDR2) support
+default K8_REV_F_SUPPORT=1
+


But that did not seem to have any effect. Is this the right place?

> > Interestingly enough, the proprietary BIOS gets the model name right, but not
> > the cpu clock frequency (!).
> 
> Maybe power now or something?

Yeah, you're right, that's why that is.

Thanks,
Ward.

-- 
Ward Vandewege <ward at fsf.org>
Free Software Foundation - Senior System Administrator




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