NAME

     sysdata - find basic hardware system data


SYNOPSIS

     sysdata


DESCRIPTION

     After the atlc package is built, a small benchmark is run as
     part  of  the testing procedure. This benchmark tries to get
     some information about the  hardware.  The  program  sysdata
     displays  the  same  hardware information that the benchmark
     will display, but runs in a fraction of  a  second,  whereas
     the  benchmark  can  take from 19 s (quad 1.4 GHz Itainium 2
     machine) to 14,906 s (for a very old 33.3  MHz  Cray  Y-MP).
     There are no options or arguments to sysdata

     The information  gathered  on  hardware  and  software  both
     developed  by the same company (i.e. Solaris on Suns, AIX on
     IBM RS/6000, IRIX on SGI, ... etc  etc)  is  generally  more
     informative  than  the free systems (Linux, NetBSD, OpenBSD,
     FreeBSD) where it is usually impossible to get much hardware
     information.


EXAMPLES

     Here are some examples of the use of sysdata on a number  of
     systems.  The  large number of examples is for my own use as
     much as anything, so I can keep track of the development  of
     sysdata  and  see  easily where it needs extending. Examples
     are presented for:

     1) Sun Ultra 80 running Solaris 9
     2) HP C3000 running HP-UX 11
     3) SGI Octane running IRIX 6.5.16
     4) IBM RS/6000 running AIX 5.2
     5) Dec Alpha 600a Personal Workstation running Tru64 5.1B
     6) Cray Y-MP running UNICOS 9
     7) Sun SPARCstation 20 running NetBSD 1.6
     8) Sun SPARCstation 20 running OpenBSD 3.2
     9) Sun SPARCstation 20 running Debian Linux
     10) Sun SPARCstation 20 running Solaris 2.5
     11) Generic PC with 350 MHz Pentium II running Redhat  Linux
     7.2

     Here's the output from sysdata on these 11 systems.

     e.g. 1 (Sun Ultra 80 running Solaris 9)
     Hardware provider:    Sun_Microsystems
     Hardware platform:    SUNW,Ultra-80
     Machine:              sun4u
     Sysname:              SunOS
     Release:              5.9
     Version:              Generic_112233-06
     Nodename:             sparrow
     #CPUs supported:      4
     #CPUs online:         4
     CPU type:             sparcv9
     FPU type:             sparcv9
     Speed:                450 MHz
     RAM:                  4096 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kB
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kB
     L2 cache:             unknown kB

     Here's an example on a HP 9000 series Visualize C3000 works-
     tation,  fitted with one 400 MHz PA-RISC 8500 CPU and 1.5 Gb
     of RAM

     e.g. 2 (HP 9000 series Visualize C3000)
     Hardware provider:    HP
     Hardware platform:    unknown
     Machine:              9000/785
     Sysname:              HP-UX
     Release:              B.11.00
     Version:              A
     Nodename:             robin
     #CPUs supported:      1
     #CPUs online:         1
     CPU type:             532
     FPU type:             1048577
     Speed:                400.0 MHz
     RAM:                  1536 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb

     Here's another example this time on  an  SGI  Octane  R10000
     with  2  x  195  MHz  processors. Note the CPU and FPU types
     reported at not the R10000 and R10010 that are  reported  by
     SGI's  hinv.  sysdata  is  not  meant  to replace other more
     sophisticated ways of obtaining system information (such  as
     hinv  on  IRIX), but its data is useful to record for bench-
     marking purposes.

     e.g. 3 (SGI Octane R1000)
     Hardware provider:    SGI
     Hardware platform:    unknown
     Machine:              IP30
     Sysname:              IRIX64
     Release:              6.5
     Version:              04101931
     Nodename:             owl
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         2
     CPU type:             2343
     FPU type:             2304
     Speed:                195 MHz
     RAM:                  1024 Mb
     L1 data cache         32 kB
     L1 instruction cache: 32 kB
     L2 cache:             1024 kB

     Here's an example using an IBM RS/6000 F50 with 4 x 332  MHz
     CPUs and 1 GB of RAM.

     e.g. 4 (IBM RS/6000 F50)
     Hardware provider:    IBM
     Hardware platform:    unknown
     Machine:              000245984C00
     Sysname:              AIX
     Release:              2
     Version:              5
     Nodename:             starling
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         4
     CPU type:             unknown
     FPU type:             unknown
     Speed:                unknown MHz
     RAM:                  1024 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kB
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kB
     L2 cache:             unknown kB

     And here's an example from a single 599  MHz  processor  Dec
     Alpha 600a Personal Workstation running Tru64 5.1B

     e.g. 5 (Dec Alpha 600a Personal Workstation)
     Hardware provider:    unknown
     Hardware platform:    Digital_Personal_WorkStation_600au
     Machine:              alpha
     Sysname:              OSF1
     Release:              V5.1
     Version:              2650
     Nodename:             dobermann.localhost.ntlworld.co
     #CPUs supported:      1
     #CPUs online:         1
     CPU type:             EV5.6_(21164A)
     FPU type:             unknown
     Speed:                599 MHz
     RAM:                  1024 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb

     Here's some data collected on a very old  Cray  Y-MP,  which
     was introduced in 1991.

     e.g 6 (Cray Y-MP running UNICOS)

     Hardware provider:    Cray
     Hardware platform:    Y-MP
     Machine:              CRAY_Y-MP
     Sysname:              sn5176
     Release:              9.0.2.2
     Version:              sin.0
     Nodename:             sn5176
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         4
     CPU type:             unknown
     FPU type:             unknown
     Speed:                33.3 MHz
     RAM:                  unknown Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb

     That is all the examples of commercial hardware running  the
     operating systems made by the manufacturers of the hardware.
     The following are free UNIX versions.  In  these  cases  the
     data gathered is never as complete. In particular the amoumt
     of memory reported if often less than the real amount due to
     memory  taken  by  the  operating  system  (kernel etc). The
     number of processors the system can support is never  avail-
     able.

     Here's the first such non-commercial UNIX from a single pro-
     cessor Sun SPARCstation 20 running NetBSD 1.6.

     e.g. 7 (Sun SPARCstation 20 running NetBSD 1.6)
     Hardware provider:    unknown
     Hardware platform:    unknown
     Machine:              sparc
     Sysname:              NetBSD
     Release:              1.6
     Version:
     NetBSD_1.6_(GENERIC)_#0:_Mon_Sep__9_08:2sparc
     Nodename:             blackbird
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         1
     CPU                                                    type:
     rg:/autobuild/sparc/OBJ/autobuild/src/sys/arch/sparc/compile/GENERIC
     FPU type:             unknown
     Speed:                unknown MHz
     RAM:                  255 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb


     Here's data from a Sun SPARCstation 20 running OpenBSD  3.2.
     The  machine has 320 Mb of RAM, not 318 Mb as indicated. The
     number of processors the  system  supports  is  reported  as
     unknown,  but should the system have been running Solaris 9,
     as in the example 1 (sparrow), then this  information  would
     have  been determined, but it is not available under OpenBSD
     - or Solaris 2.5 for that matter.

     e.g. 8 (Sun SPARCstation 20 running OpenBSD 3.2)
     Hardware provider:    unknown
     Hardware platform:    unknown
     Machine:              sparc
     Sysname:              OpenBSD
     Release:              3.2
     Version:              GENERIC#36
     Nodename:             crow.crow.localdomain
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         1
     CPU type:             unknown
     FPU type:             unknown
     Speed:                unknown MHz
     RAM:                  319 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb
     The next machine is a Sun  SPARCstation  20  running  Debian
     Linux. The version of Debian is unknown, but clearly sysdata
     is unable to determine this.

     e.g. 9 (Sun SPARCstation 20 running Debian Linux)

     Hardware provider:    unknown
     Hardware platform:    unknown
     Machine:              sparc
     Sysname:              Linux
     Release:              2.2.20
     Version:              #1_Fri_Nov_16_15:48:02_EST_2001
     Nodename:             dove
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         1
     CPU type:             unknown
     FPU type:             unknown
     Speed:                unknown MHz
     RAM:                  281 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb

     Here's data from a Sun SPARCstation 20 running  Solaris  2.5
     (SunOS 5.5). The machine probably does have 352 Mb of RAM as
     reported. The number of processors the  system  supports  is
     reported as unknown, but should the system have been running
     Solaris 9, as in the example 1 (sparrow), then this informa-
     tion  would  have  been  determined, but it is not available
     under Solaris 2.5.

     e.g. 10 (Sun SPARCstation 20 Solaris 2.5)
     Hardware provider:    Sun_Microsystems
     Hardware platform:    SUNW,SPARCstation-20
     Machine:              sun4m
     Sysname:              SunOS
     Release:              5.5
     Version:              Generic
     Nodename:             bluetit
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         2
     CPU type:             sparc
     FPU type:             sparc
     Speed:                125 MHz
     RAM:                  352 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb


     Here's a standard PC, fitted with one processor

     e.g. 11 (350 MHz Pentium II PC running Redhat Linux)
     Hardware provider:    unknown
     Hardware platform:    unknown
     Machine:              i686
     Sysname:              Linux
     Release:              2.4.18-5
     Version:              #1_Mon_Jun_10_15:31:48_EDT_2002
     Nodename:             tiger
     #CPUs supported:      unknown
     #CPUs online:         1
     CPU type:             unknown
     FPU type:             unknown
     Speed:                unknown MHz
     RAM:                  123 Mb
     L1 data cache         unknown kb
     L1 instruction cache: unknown kb
     L2 cache:             unknown kb



FILES

     sysdata does not read/write any files.


SEE ALSO

     atlc(1)
     create_bmp_for_circ_in_circ(1)
     create_bmp_for_circ_in_rect(1)
     create_bmp_for_microstrip_coupler(1)
     create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect(1)
     create_bmp_for_rect_cen_in_rect_coupler(1)
     create_bmp_for_rect_in_circ(1)
     create_bmp_for_rect_in_rect(1)
     create_bmp_for_stripline_coupler(1)
     create_bmp_for_symmetrical_stripline(1)
     design_coupler(1)
     find_optimal_dimensions_for_microstrip_coupler(1)
     hinv - SGI's IRIX only.
     readbin(1)

     http://atlc.sourceforge.net                - Home page
     http://sourceforge.net/projects/atlc       - Download area
     atlc-X.Y.Z/docs/html-docs/index.html       - HTML docs
     atlc-X.Y.Z/docs/qex-december-1996/atlc.pdf - theory paper
     atlc-X.Y.Z/examples                        - examples





































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