[Info-vax] Alpha CPU revision & serial number, blank?

[Kenneth Fairfield]

On Tuesday, December 20, 2011 3:38:37 PM UTC-8, (unknown) wrote:
> In article <4ef11a62$0$6943$e4fe... at news2.news.xs4all.nl>, MG <marc... at SPAMxs4all.nl> writes:
> >{...snip...}
> >
> >Thank you!  Now I'll be able to sleep better, knowing everything is in
> >order.
> >
> >My guess is that the revision and serial number information was mostly
> >added there to identify IA-64 (and possibly later Alpha) processors?
> 
> System Configuration:
> ---------------------
> System Information:
> System Type   AlphaServer ES45 Model 2B                 Primary CPU ID 0.
> Cycle Time    1.0 nsec (1000 MHz)                       Pagesize       8192 Byte
> 
> Memory Configuration:
> Cluster      PFN Start      PFN Count           Range (MByte)            Usage
> #000               0            382            0.0 MB -        3.0 MB    Console
> #001             382        1572473            3.0 MB -    12287.9 MB    System
> #002         1572855              9        12287.9 MB -    12288.0 MB    Console
> 
> Per-CPU Slot Processor Information:
> CPU ID         0.                        CPU State    rc,pa,pp,cv,pv,pmv,pl
> CPU Type       EV68CB  Pass 2.4 (21264C)     
> PAL Code       1.98-43                   Halt PC      00000000.20000000
> CPU Revision   ....                      Halt PS      00000000.00001F00
> Serial Number  AY13800619                Halt Code    "Bootstrap or Powerfail"
> Console Vers   V7.3-2                    Halt Request "Default, No Action"

[snip]

On the Alphas I've had access to in the past, you set a console variable, I *believe* sys_serial_num, to the system serial number.  I wouldn't be at all surprised if that's what Clue Config is referencing...

   -Ken