Re: Intel Turbo Memory in Thinkpad W500

2021-02-28 Thread Bryan Steele
On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 09:00:25PM +0100, Jan Stary wrote:
> This is 6.9-beta/amd64 on a Thinkpad W500 (dmesg below).
> 
> Taking out the unneeded stuff (I usually take out bluetooth,
> replace the wifi with Intel 7260 HMW etc), I also noticed this
> (see attachments). Taking it out, the difference in dmesg shows:
> 
> -"Intel Turbo Memory" rev 0x11 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 not configured
> 
> Given that it's "not configured", I don't think I'm missing much
> (and the Thinkpad's memory doesn't seem any less "Turbo"),
> but does anyone know what it does in the Thinkpad? AFAIG,
> is was supposed to be a thing before 4G of RAM and SSDs
> were common ...
> 
>   Jan

1-4GB of NAND flash on an option card.

There is an incomplete Linux reverse engineering effort, but it doesn't
look particularly all that interesting, and likely slower than an SSD by
today's standards.

https://github.com/yarrick/turbomem

-Bryan.



Re: Intel Turbo Memory in Thinkpad W500

2021-02-28 Thread Karel Gardas




On 2/28/21 9:00 PM, Jan Stary wrote:

This is 6.9-beta/amd64 on a Thinkpad W500 (dmesg below).

Taking out the unneeded stuff (I usually take out bluetooth,
replace the wifi with Intel 7260 HMW etc), I also noticed this
(see attachments). Taking it out, the difference in dmesg shows:

-"Intel Turbo Memory" rev 0x11 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 not configured

Given that it's "not configured", I don't think I'm missing much
(and the Thinkpad's memory doesn't seem any less "Turbo"),
but does anyone know what it does in the Thinkpad? AFAIG,
is was supposed to be a thing before 4G of RAM and SSDs
were common ..


Wikipedia does have article about it: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Turbo_Memory




Intel Turbo Memory in Thinkpad W500

2021-02-28 Thread Jan Stary
This is 6.9-beta/amd64 on a Thinkpad W500 (dmesg below).

Taking out the unneeded stuff (I usually take out bluetooth,
replace the wifi with Intel 7260 HMW etc), I also noticed this
(see attachments). Taking it out, the difference in dmesg shows:

-"Intel Turbo Memory" rev 0x11 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 not configured

Given that it's "not configured", I don't think I'm missing much
(and the Thinkpad's memory doesn't seem any less "Turbo"),
but does anyone know what it does in the Thinkpad? AFAIG,
is was supposed to be a thing before 4G of RAM and SSDs
were common ...

Jan

OpenBSD 6.9-beta (GENERIC) #345: Tue Feb 23 01:02:38 MST 2021
dera...@amd64.openbsd.org:/usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/compile/GENERIC
real mem = 8463781888 (8071MB)
avail mem = 8192016384 (7812MB)
random: good seed from bootblocks
mpath0 at root
scsibus0 at mpath0: 256 targets
mainbus0 at root
bios0 at mainbus0: SMBIOS rev. 2.4 @ 0xe0010 (80 entries)
bios0: vendor LENOVO version "6FET79WW (3.09 )" date 10/02/2009
bios0: LENOVO 40612JG
acpi0 at bios0: ACPI 3.0
acpi0: sleep states S0 S3 S4 S5
acpi0: tables DSDT FACP SSDT ECDT APIC MCFG HPET SLIC BOOT ASF! SSDT TCPA SSDT 
SSDT SSDT
acpi0: wakeup devices LID_(S3) SLPB(S3) IGBE(S4) EXP0(S4) EXP1(S4) EXP2(S4) 
EXP3(S4) EXP4(S4) PCI1(S4) USB0(S3) USB3(S3) USB5(S3) EHC0(S3) EHC1(S3) HDEF(S4)
acpitimer0 at acpi0: 3579545 Hz, 24 bits
acpiec0 at acpi0
acpimadt0 at acpi0 addr 0xfee0: PC-AT compat
cpu0 at mainbus0: apid 0 (boot processor)
cpu0: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU P9500 @ 2.53GHz, 2527.45 MHz, 06-17-06
cpu0: 
FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CFLUSH,DS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE,SSE3,DTES64,MWAIT,DS-CPL,VMX,SMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,NXE,LONG,LAHF,PERF,SENSOR,MELTDOWN
cpu0: 6MB 64b/line 16-way L2 cache
cpu0: smt 0, core 0, package 0
mtrr: Pentium Pro MTRR support, 7 var ranges, 88 fixed ranges
cpu0: apic clock running at 265MHz
cpu0: mwait min=64, max=64, C-substates=0.2.2.2.2.1.3, IBE
cpu at mainbus0: not configured
ioapic0 at mainbus0: apid 1 pa 0xfec0, version 20, 24 pins, remapped
acpimcfg0 at acpi0
acpimcfg0: addr 0xe000, bus 0-63
acpihpet0 at acpi0: 14318179 Hz
acpiprt0 at acpi0: bus 0 (PCI0)
acpiprt1 at acpi0: bus 1 (AGP_)
acpiprt2 at acpi0: bus 2 (EXP0)
acpiprt3 at acpi0: bus 3 (EXP1)
acpiprt4 at acpi0: bus 4 (EXP2)
acpiprt5 at acpi0: bus 5 (EXP3)
acpiprt6 at acpi0: bus 13 (EXP4)
acpiprt7 at acpi0: bus 21 (PCI1)
acpibtn0 at acpi0: LID_
acpibtn1 at acpi0: SLPB
acpipci0 at acpi0 PCI0: 0x 0x0011 0x0001
acpicmos0 at acpi0
acpibat0 at acpi0: BAT0 model "COMPATIBLE" serial  1388 type LION oem "SANYO"
acpiac0 at acpi0: AC unit online
acpithinkpad0 at acpi0: version 1.0
"PNP0C14" at acpi0 not configured
acpicpu0 at acpi0: !C3(250@17 mwait.3@0x20), !C2(500@1 mwait.1@0x10), C1(1000@1 
mwait.1), PSS
acpipwrres0 at acpi0: PUBS, resource for USB0, USB3, USB5, EHC0, EHC1
acpitz0 at acpi0: critical temperature is 127 degC
acpitz1 at acpi0: critical temperature is 100 degC
acpidock0 at acpi0: GDCK not docked (0)
acpivideo0 at acpi0: VID_
acpivout0 at acpivideo0: LCD0
acpivideo1 at acpi0: VID_
acpivout1 at acpivideo1: LCD0
cpu0: Enhanced SpeedStep 2527 MHz: speeds: 2534, 2533, 1600, 800 MHz
pci0 at mainbus0 bus 0
pchb0 at pci0 dev 0 function 0 "Intel GM45 Host" rev 0x07
ppb0 at pci0 dev 1 function 0 "Intel GM45 PCIE" rev 0x07: msi
pci1 at ppb0 bus 1
1:0:0: io address conflict 0x2000/0x100
radeondrm0 at pci1 dev 0 function 0 "ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650" rev 0x00
drm1 at radeondrm0
radeondrm0: msi
inteldrm0 at pci0 dev 2 function 0 "Intel GM45 Video" rev 0x07
drm0 at inteldrm0
intagp0 at inteldrm0
agp0 at intagp0: aperture at 0xd000, size 0x1000
inteldrm0: apic 1 int 16, GM45, gen 4
"Intel GM45 HECI" rev 0x07 at pci0 dev 3 function 0 not configured
em0 at pci0 dev 25 function 0 "Intel ICH9 IGP M AMT" rev 0x03: msi, address 
00:1c:25:97:c2:f5
uhci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 0 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 20
uhci1 at pci0 dev 26 function 1 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 21
uhci2 at pci0 dev 26 function 2 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 22
ehci0 at pci0 dev 26 function 7 "Intel 82801I USB" rev 0x03: apic 1 int 23
usb0 at ehci0: USB revision 2.0
uhub0 at usb0 configuration 1 interface 0 "Intel EHCI root hub" rev 2.00/1.00 
addr 1
azalia0 at pci0 dev 27 function 0 "Intel 82801I HD Audio" rev 0x03: msi
azalia0: codecs: Conexant CX20561, Conexant/0x2c06, using Conexant CX20561
audio0 at azalia0
ppb1 at pci0 dev 28 function 0 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: msi
pci2 at ppb1 bus 2
ppb2 at pci0 dev 28 function 1 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: msi
pci3 at ppb2 bus 3
iwn0 at pci3 dev 0 function 0 "Intel WiFi Link 5300" rev 0x00: msi, MIMO 3T3R, 
MoW, address 00:16:ea:b2:58:ec
ppb3 at pci0 dev 28 function 2 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: msi
pci4 at ppb3 bus 4
"Intel Turbo Memory" rev 0x11 at pci4 dev 0 function 0 not configured
ppb4 at pci0 dev 28 function 3 "Intel 82801I PCIE" rev 0x03: msi