[Date Prev][Date Next] [Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index] [Thread Index]

Re: Porting linuxinfo to ppc64el



Hi Helge,

On 09/05/2014 02:44 PM, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
I recently read [1] about the new Debian architecture ppc64el.

Thanks for your interest :) Sorry, I missed replying earlier.

I maintain a small tool "linuxinfo", which checks for the architecture
and prints some system information.

It would be kind if you could check on ppc64el [2] if linuxinfo works
> and produces sensible output. [snip]

It looks good; the only strange thing is 0 bogomips. Rest is fine:


Debian sid ppc64el on POWER8/non-virtualized

	$ linuxinfo
	Linux [...] 3.16-1-powerpc64le #1 SMP Debian 3.16.2-2 (2014-09-08)
128 POWER8E (raw), altivec supported PowerNV 8286-42A 2061MHz processors, 0.00 total bogomips, 261389M RAM
	System library 2.19.0

Processors: POWER8, 2 sockets * 8 cores/socket * 8 threads/core = 128 threads
	Platform: PowerNV, non-virtualized
	Model/Type: IBM Power System S824 [1]
	Frequency: ~2 GHz (ondemand cpufreq governor)
	Bogomips: ?
	Memory: 256 GB RAM
	glibc: 2.19

Debian sid ppc64el on POWER7+/KVM-virtualized

	$ linuxinfo
	Linux [...] 3.16-1-powerpc64le #1 SMP Debian 3.16.2-2 (2014-09-08)
One POWER7 (architected), altivec supported CHRP IBM pSeries (emulated by qemu) 4228MHz processor, 0.00 total bogomips, 2032M RAM

	Processors: POWER7+ (shows as POWER7), 1 vCPU
	Platform: pSeries, virtualized
	Frequency: ~4.2 GHz (nominal)
	Bogomips: ?
	Memory: 2 GB RAM
	glibc: 2.19

[1] http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s824/specs.html



--
Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
IBM Linux Technology Center


Reply to: