I forgot to mention that I have an AMD Opteron 2210 processor. When I get cat /proc/cpuinfo, I get this output for the first core (The second core is the same): vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 15 model : 65 model name : Dual-Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 2210 stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 1809.490 cache size : 1024 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 2 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext fxsr_opt rdts cp lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni cx16 lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy bogomips : 3622.54 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts fid vid ttp tm stc Thanks, Neil -- Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? If so, ask about our geographically redundant database system. > -----Original Message----- > From: kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:kvm-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Neil Aggarwal > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 10:38 AM > To: kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Is AMD rev F the same thing as socket F? > > Hello: > > I am looking at the RHEL 5.4 virtualization guide. > According to Chapter 17, if I want to use KVM on my > machine, I need to check if it has the constant Time Stamp > Counter by running this: > > cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep constant_tsc > > When I do that on the server (Currently running CentOS 5.3), > I do not get any output. According to the guide, that > means my system does not have the counter. > > It then gives me instructions for AMD revision F CPUs. > I did a search and did not find anything that seems relevant > to revision F. The only stuff I am finding is talking about > socket F. Is that the same things as a Socket F CPU or > something different? > > Thanks, > Neil > > > -- > Neil Aggarwal, (281)846-8957, www.JAMMConsulting.com > Will your e-commerce site go offline if you have > a DB server failure, fiber cut, flood, fire, or other disaster? > If so, ask about our geographically redundant database system. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
