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Re: [opensuse] opensuse 10.2 cpu info wrong
- From: Andreas Jaeger <aj@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:02:53 +0200
- Message-id: <ho3ax0ilhu.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Is it possible that there is a kernel-level 'race' here while it fetches
> information for each core? I.e. if frequency is changed due to whatever
> reason between two successive show_cpuinfo()? [Yes, it looks like]
On AMD the cpus can have different speeds - the first core uses 1000
MHz, the seconds 2000 Ghz,
Andreas
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Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj@xxxxxxx
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
> Is it possible that there is a kernel-level 'race' here while it fetches
> information for each core? I.e. if frequency is changed due to whatever
> reason between two successive show_cpuinfo()? [Yes, it looks like]
On AMD the cpus can have different speeds - the first core uses 1000
MHz, the seconds 2000 Ghz,
Andreas
--
Andreas Jaeger, Director Platform / openSUSE, aj@xxxxxxx
SUSE LINUX Products GmbH, GF: Markus Rex, HRB 16746 (AG Nürnberg)
Maxfeldstr. 5, 90409 Nürnberg, Germany
GPG fingerprint = 93A3 365E CE47 B889 DF7F FED1 389A 563C C272 A126
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