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diff --git a/static/openbsd/man4/man4.i386/cpu.4 b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.i386/cpu.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d980f591 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/openbsd/man4/man4.i386/cpu.4 @@ -0,0 +1,99 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: cpu.4,v 1.20 2024/09/10 17:01:09 tb Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Ted Unangst +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd $Mdocdate: September 10 2024 $ +.Dt CPU 4 i386 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cpu +.Nd Central Processing Unit +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd "cpu0 at mainbus?" +.Cd "cpu* at mainbus?" +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Several processor models have additional features that extend their base +functionality, such as power and frequency control or thermal monitoring. +.Pp +The +.Xr sysctl 2 +.Va hw.cpuspeed +returns the current operating frequency of the processor, +though on some processors this value may be only an approximation. +If possible, speed may be adjusted by altering +.Va hw.setperf +from 0 to 100, +representing percentage of maximum speed. +.Pp +There are several possible implementations for speed adjustment, +all transparent to the user. +In systems with more than one control capability, they are preferred in the +order given: +.Bl -tag -width tenletters +.It LongRun +Found on Transmeta Crusoe processors, offering frequency scaling with numerous +positions. +The processor dynamically adjusts frequency in response to load; the setperf +value is interpreted as the maximum. +.It EST +Enhanced SpeedStep found on Intel Pentium M processors, +offering frequency scaling with numerous positions. +.It SpeedStep +Found on some Intel Pentium 3 and newer mobile chips, +it is capable of adjusting frequency between a low and high value. +It is only enabled on some chipsets. +.It TCC +Thermal Control Circuit found on Intel Pentium 4 and newer processors, +it can adjust processor duty cycle in 12.5 percent increments. +.It PowerNow +Found on various AMD processors. +It currently only supports a limited set of models +in the K6, K7, and K8 families. +.El +.Pp +The presence of extended instruction sets can be determined by the sysctl +.Va machdep : +.Bl -tag -width "tenletters" +.It osfxsr +Supports the fxsave instruction. +.It sse +Supports the SSE instruction set. +.It sse2 +Supports the SSE2 instruction set. +.It xcrypt +Supports the VIA AES encryption instruction set. +.El +.Pp +The sysctl +.Va hw.sensors +returns the current temperature reported by the processor. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr sysctl 8 +.Sh BUGS +Due to the way in which thermal information is reported on Intel processors, +the temperature may be off by exactly +/-15 degrees C. +.Pp +For multiprocessor kernels with more than one CPU sensor, +processors report identical temperatures +since the temperature is taken from the processor running the sensors update. |
