Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] Add definitions for current cpu models..

[Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>]

Anthony Liguori wrote:
> On 01/19/2010 02:03 PM, Chris Wright wrote:
> >* Anthony Liguori (anthony@codemonkey.ws) wrote:
> >   
> >>I'm very much against having -cpu Nehalem.  The whole point of this is
> >>to make things easier for a user and for most of the users I've
> >>encountered, -cpu Nehalem is just as obscure as -cpu
> >>qemu64,-sse3,+vmx,...
> >>     
> >What name will these users know?  FWIW, it makes sense to me as it is.
> >   
> 
> Whatever is in /proc/cpuinfo.
> 
> There is no mention of "Nehalem" in /proc/cpuinfo.

My 5 /proc/cpuinfos say:

    Genuine Intel(R) CPU T2500  @ 2.00GHz
    Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 3.00GHz
    Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5335  @ 2.00GHz
    Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz
    Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5482  @ 3.20GHz

I'm not sure if that's any more helpful :-)

Especially the first one.  I don't think of my laptop as having a
T2500.  I think of it as having a 32-bit Core Duo.  And I have no idea
what the different types of Xeon are.  But then, I couldn't tell you
whether they are Nehalems or Penryns either, and I'm quite sure the
owners couldn't either.

    $ grep name /proc/cpuinfo
    model name : QEMU Virtual CPU version 0.9.1

If only they were all so clear :-)

-- Jamie