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Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes. ver_linux Linux gatita 2.6.33.1 #1 SMP Wed Mar 21 20:12:58 MDT 2012 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux Gnu C 4.5.3 Gnu make 3.82 binutils 2.21.1 util-linux 2.20.1 mount support module-init-tools 3.16 e2fsprogs 1.42 Linux C Library 2.13 Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.13 Procps 3.2.8 Net-tools 1.60_p20110409135728 Kbd 1.15.3wip Sh-utils 8.14 Modules Loaded /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 4 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 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 pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt bogomips : 5625.48 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate processor : 1 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 4 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 1 initial apicid : 1 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 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 pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt bogomips : 5625.20 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate processor : 2 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 4 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 2 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 2 initial apicid : 2 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 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 pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt bogomips : 5625.22 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate processor : 3 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 16 model : 4 model name : AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 925 Processor stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 800.000 cache size : 512 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 3 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 3 initial apicid : 3 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 5 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 pdpe1gb rdtscp lm 3dnowext 3dnow constant_tsc rep_good nonstop_tsc extd_apicid pni monitor cx16 popcnt lahf_lm cmp_legacy svm extapic cr8_legacy abm sse4a misalignsse 3dnowprefetch osvw ibs skinit wdt bogomips : 5625.22 TLB size : 1024 4K pages clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 48 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ts ttp tm stc 100mhzsteps hwpstate /proc/modules <> /proc/ioports 0000-001f : dma1 0020-0021 : pic1 0040-0043 : timer0 0050-0053 : timer1 0060-0060 : keyboard 0064-0064 : keyboard 0070-0077 : rtc 0080-008f : dma page reg 00a0-00a1 : pic2 00c0-00df : dma2 00f0-00ff : fpu 0170-0177 : 0000:00:14.1 01f0-01f7 : 0000:00:14.1 0230-023f : pnp 00:0b 0290-029f : pnp 00:0b 0300-030f : pnp 00:0b 0376-0376 : 0000:00:14.1 03c0-03df : vga+ 03f6-03f6 : 0000:00:14.1 03f8-03ff : serial 040b-040b : pnp 00:0a 04d0-04d1 : pnp 00:0a 04d6-04d6 : pnp 00:0a 0800-089f : pnp 00:0a 0800-0803 : ACPI PM1a_EVT_BLK 0804-0805 : ACPI PM1a_CNT_BLK 0808-080b : ACPI PM_TMR 0810-0815 : ACPI CPU throttle 0820-0827 : ACPI GPE0_BLK 0900-090f : pnp 00:0a 0910-091f : pnp 00:0a 0a30-0a3f : pnp 00:0b 0b00-0b3f : pnp 00:0a 0b00-0b0f : pnp 00:0a 0b20-0b3f : pnp 00:0a 0c00-0c01 : pnp 00:0a 0c14-0c14 : pnp 00:0a 0c50-0c51 : pnp 00:0a 0c52-0c52 : pnp 00:0a 0c6c-0c6c : pnp 00:0a 0c6f-0c6f : pnp 00:0a 0cd0-0cd1 : pnp 00:0a 0cd2-0cd3 : pnp 00:0a 0cd4-0cd5 : pnp 00:0a 0cd6-0cd7 : pnp 00:0a 0cd8-0cdf : pnp 00:0a 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 8000-800f : 0000:00:11.0 8000-800f : ahci 9000-9003 : 0000:00:11.0 9000-9003 : ahci a000-a007 : 0000:00:11.0 a000-a007 : ahci b000-b003 : 0000:00:11.0 b000-b003 : ahci c000-c007 : 0000:00:11.0 c000-c007 : ahci d000-dfff : PCI Bus 0000:01 dc00-dc7f : 0000:01:00.0 e000-efff : PCI Bus 0000:02 e800-e8ff : 0000:02:00.0 fe00-fefe : pnp 00:0a ff00-ff0f : 0000:00:14.1 /proc/iomem 00000000-0000ffff : reserved 00010000-0009ebff : System RAM 0009ec00-0009ffff : reserved 000c0000-000cffff : pnp 00:0d 000e4000-000fffff : reserved 00100000-cfe8ffff : System RAM 01000000-014e3d98 : Kernel code 014e3d99-017d65ef : Kernel data 0184d000-0190ee93 : Kernel bss cfe90000-cfea7fff : ACPI Tables cfea8000-cfecffff : ACPI Non-volatile Storage cfed0000-cfefffff : reserved cff00000-cfffffff : RAM buffer d0000000-dfffffff : PCI Bus 0000:01 d0000000-dfffffff : 0000:01:00.0 e0000000-efffffff : PCI MMCONFIG 0000 [bus 00-ff] e0000000-efffffff : pnp 00:0c f8f00000-f8ffffff : PCI Bus 0000:02 f8ff8000-f8ffbfff : 0000:02:00.0 f8fff000-f8ffffff : 0000:02:00.0 f9ff4000-f9ff7fff : 0000:00:14.2 f9ffa000-f9ffafff : 0000:00:14.5 f9ffa000-f9ffafff : ohci_hcd f9ffb000-f9ffbfff : 0000:00:13.1 f9ffb000-f9ffbfff : ohci_hcd f9ffc000-f9ffcfff : 0000:00:13.0 f9ffc000-f9ffcfff : ohci_hcd f9ffd000-f9ffdfff : 0000:00:12.1 f9ffd000-f9ffdfff : ohci_hcd f9ffe000-f9ffefff : 0000:00:12.0 f9ffe000-f9ffefff : ohci_hcd f9fff400-f9fff4ff : 0000:00:13.2 f9fff400-f9fff4ff : ehci_hcd f9fff800-f9fff8ff : 0000:00:12.2 f9fff800-f9fff8ff : ehci_hcd f9fffc00-f9ffffff : 0000:00:11.0 f9fffc00-f9ffffff : ahci fa000000-feafffff : PCI Bus 0000:01 fa000000-fbffffff : 0000:01:00.0 fd000000-fdffffff : 0000:01:00.0 feae0000-feafffff : 0000:01:00.0 feb00000-febfffff : PCI Bus 0000:02 febf0000-febfffff : 0000:02:00.0 fec00000-fec003ff : IOAPIC 0 fec10000-fec1001f : pnp 00:0a fed00000-fed003ff : HPET 2 fed40000-fed44fff : pnp 00:0a fee00000-fee00fff : Local APIC fee00000-fee00fff : pnp 00:09 ffb80000-ffbfffff : pnp 00:0a fff00000-ffffffff : reserved lspci -vvv 00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8388 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us ExtTag+ RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 5GT/s, Width x16, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep+ BwNot+ LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 5GT/s, Width x16, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive+ BWMgmt+ ABWMgmt+ SltCap: AttnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AttnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surprise- Slot #2, PowerLimit 75.000W; Interlock- NoCompl+ SltCtl: Enable: AttnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq- LinkChg- Control: AttnInd Unknown, PwrInd Unknown, Power- Interlock- SltSta: Status: AttnBtn- PowerFlt- MRL- CmdCplt- PresDet+ Interlock- Changed: MRL- PresDet+ LinkState+ RootCtl: ErrCorrectable- ErrNon-Fatal- ErrFatal- PMEIntEna- CRSVisible- RootCap: CRSVisible- RootSta: PME ReqID 0000, PMEStatus- PMEPending- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -3.5dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1- EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest- Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Address: fee0f00c Data: 4151 Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8388 Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Capabilities: [100 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 Capabilities: [110 v1] Virtual Channel Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed Status: InProgress- VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb: Fixed+ WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff Status: NegoPending- InProgress- Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:0a.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780/RS880 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 5) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx+ Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+) Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Capabilities: [58] Express (v2) Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00 DevCap: MaxPayload 128 bytes, PhantFunc 0, Latency L0s <64ns, L1 <1us ExtTag+ RBE+ FLReset- DevCtl: Report errors: Correctable- Non-Fatal- Fatal- Unsupported- RlxdOrd+ ExtTag- PhantFunc- AuxPwr- NoSnoop+ MaxPayload 128 bytes, MaxReadReq 128 bytes DevSta: CorrErr- UncorrErr- FatalErr- UnsuppReq- AuxPwr- TransPend- LnkCap: Port #1, Speed 5GT/s, Width x1, ASPM L0s L1, Latency L0 <64ns, L1 <1us ClockPM- Surprise- LLActRep+ BwNot+ LnkCtl: ASPM Disabled; RCB 64 bytes Disabled- Retrain- CommClk+ ExtSynch- ClockPM- AutWidDis- BWInt- AutBWInt- LnkSta: Speed 2.5GT/s, Width x1, TrErr- Train- SlotClk+ DLActive+ BWMgmt+ ABWMgmt- SltCap: AttnBtn- PwrCtrl- MRL- AttnInd- PwrInd- HotPlug- Surprise- Slot #10, PowerLimit 25.000W; Interlock- NoCompl+ SltCtl: Enable: AttnBtn- PwrFlt- MRL- PresDet- CmdCplt- HPIrq- LinkChg- Control: AttnInd Unknown, PwrInd Unknown, Power- Interlock- SltSta: Status: AttnBtn- PowerFlt- MRL- CmdCplt- PresDet+ Interlock- Changed: MRL- PresDet+ LinkState+ RootCtl: ErrCorrectable- ErrNon-Fatal- ErrFatal- PMEIntEna- CRSVisible- RootCap: CRSVisible- RootSta: PME ReqID 0000, PMEStatus- PMEPending- DevCap2: Completion Timeout: Not Supported, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- DevCtl2: Completion Timeout: 50us to 50ms, TimeoutDis- ARIFwd- LnkCtl2: Target Link Speed: 5GT/s, EnterCompliance- SpeedDis-, Selectable De-emphasis: -3.5dB Transmit Margin: Normal Operating Range, EnterModifiedCompliance- ComplianceSOS- Compliance De-emphasis: -6dB LnkSta2: Current De-emphasis Level: -3.5dB, EqualizationComplete-, EqualizationPhase1- EqualizationPhase2-, EqualizationPhase3-, LinkEqualizationRequest- Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit- Address: fee0f00c Data: 4159 Capabilities: [b0] Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8388 Capabilities: [b8] HyperTransport: MSI Mapping Enable+ Fixed+ Capabilities: [100 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 Capabilities: [110 v1] Virtual Channel Caps: LPEVC=0 RefClk=100ns PATEntryBits=1 Arb: Fixed- WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- Ctrl: ArbSelect=Fixed Status: InProgress- VC0: Caps: PATOffset=00 MaxTimeSlots=1 RejSnoopTrans- Arb: Fixed+ WRR32- WRR64- WRR128- TWRR128- WRR256- Ctrl: Enable+ ID=0 ArbSelect=Fixed TC/VC=ff Status: NegoPending- InProgress- Kernel driver in use: pcieport 00:11.0 SATA controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 SATA Controller [IDE mode] (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M4A785TD Motherboard Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- Reset- FastB2B- PriDiscTmr- SecDiscTmr- DiscTmrStat- DiscTmrSERREn- 00:14.5 USB controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI SB7x0/SB8x0/SB9x0 USB OHCI2 Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI]) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device 8389 Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz+ UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- 00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 10h Processor Link Control Control: I/O- Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR- TAbort- SERR- Capabilities: [600 v1] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=024 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. M4A785TD Motherboard Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx- Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-