Correct, but those are only present in the C7 and later C3's, not the original C3 Samuel processor. So I stand by my earlier comment that users of the VIA C3 (prior to Nehemiah) lose nothing by using the generic i586 image.
Darrick Philip A. Prindeville wrote: > The cache-line flush size and the presence of CMOV are also useful > considerations. > > The presence of the 8 MTRR's is significant... though probably less so > in our application. > > -Philip > > Kerem Erciyes wrote: >> I think Padlock support counts if you are trying to run OpenVPN or IPSEC. >> I have always run generic-pc type images on C3/C7 processors without >> any problem. >> (astlinux, m0n0wall, freenas, etc...) >> >> This is the C7 I tested the build with, it has SSE3 and RNG/ACE as >> most important differences. >> I also tested with a C3-2. >> >> processor : 0 >> vendor_id : CentaurHauls >> cpu family : 6 >> model : 10 >> model name : VIA Esther processor 1000MHz >> stepping : 9 >> cpu MHz : 999.990 >> cache size : 128 KB >> fdiv_bug : no >> hlt_bug : no >> f00f_bug : no >> coma_bug : no >> fpu : yes >> fpu_exception : yes >> cpuid level : 1 >> wp : yes >> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce apic sep mtrr pge cmov >> pat >> clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 pni est rng rng_en ace ace_en ace2 >> ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en >> bogomips : 2000.67 >> clflush size : 64 >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 8:24 AM, Darrick Hartman >> <dhart...@djhsolutions.com> wrote: >> >>> Kristian Kielhofner wrote: >>> >>>> Looks like I've got a straight C3 on this machine: >>>> >>>> processor : 0 >>>> vendor_id : CentaurHauls >>>> cpu family : 6 >>>> model : 7 >>>> model name : VIA Samuel 2 >>>> stepping : 3 >>>> cpu MHz : 532.657 >>>> cache size : 64 KB >>>> fdiv_bug : no >>>> hlt_bug : no >>>> f00f_bug : no >>>> coma_bug : no >>>> fpu : yes >>>> fpu_exception : yes >>>> cpuid level : 1 >>>> wp : yes >>>> flags : fpu de tsc msr cx8 mtrr pge mmx 3dnow >>>> bogomips : 1066.16 >>>> clflush size : 32 >>>> >>>> It seems unlikely this is causing my current issue but I would be >>>> interested to see what it would take to make a C3 image. Also, I'm >>>> not sure I like the idea of three different sets of optimizations for >>>> different Via cores... >>>> >>> The original VIA C3's gain nothing really over the generic image. They >>> lack padlock support so I think we say C3 is really for Nehamiah and >>> newer and C7 is for well C7 processors. Older processors should use the >>> generic image. >>> >>> Darrick >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Astlinux-users mailing list Astlinux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/astlinux-users Donations to support AstLinux are graciously accepted via PayPal to pay...@krisk.org.
