[coreboot] Preview: SECC Pentium 2/3 users are gonna love this

Keith Hui buurin at gmail.com
Wed May 12 17:48:57 CEST 2010


Yes, the debug output from the L2 init code does say 128K, but
/proc/cpuinfo reports 512K. This is where I'd like some expert
opinions.

Thanks
Keith

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Joseph Smith <joe at settoplinux.org> wrote:
>
>
>
> On Tue, 11 May 2010 21:53:29 -0400, Keith Hui <buurin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> See this boot log: http://coreboot.pastebin.com/rdmwwvha
>>
>> I have done the 72oz steak ;-P that is porting the L2 enabling code
>> from coreboot v1 to current trunk, made much slimmer by being able to
>> put it post-raminit.
>>
>> The CPU in question is a Pentium III 600MHz, Katmai core, 512KB cache.
>> Tell me if I am headed the right direction.
>>
>> Patch to come soonish.
>>
>> Enjoy
>> Keith
>>
>> PS. Oh by the way...
>>
>> [root at ojisan ~]# cat /proc/cpuinfo
>> processor       : 0
>> vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
>> cpu family      : 6
>> model           : 7
>> model name      : Pentium III (Katmai)
>> stepping        : 3
>> cpu MHz         : 601.352
>> cache size      : 512 KB
>> fdiv_bug        : no
>> hlt_bug         : no
>> f00f_bug        : no
>> coma_bug        : no
>> fpu             : yes
>> fpu_exception   : yes
>> cpuid level     : 2
>> wp              : yes
>> flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic mtrr pge mca
>> cmov pse36 mmx fxsr sse up
>> bogomips        : 1202.70
>> clflush size    : 32
>> power management:
>>
>> [root at ojisan ~]#
>>
> Congrats! :-)
>
> One question, your bootlog says the cache is only 128k ?
>
> --
> Thanks,
> Joseph Smith
> Set-Top-Linux
> www.settoplinux.org
>
>




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