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    • DerelictD
      Derelict LAYER 8 Netgate @maverickws
      last edited by

      @maverickws You will want to look at /var/log/dmesg.boot for a CPU stanza similar to this:

      CPU: Intel(R) Atom(TM) CPU C3558 @ 2.20GHz (2200.07-MHz K8-class CPU)
        Origin="GenuineIntel"  Id=0x506f1  Family=0x6  Model=0x5f  Stepping=1
        Features=0xbfebfbff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,APIC,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,PSE36,CLFLUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,SS,HTT,TM,PBE>
        Features2=0x4ff8ebbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,RDRAND>
        AMD Features=0x2c100800<SYSCALL,NX,Page1GB,RDTSCP,LM>
        AMD Features2=0x101<LAHF,Prefetch>
        Structured Extended Features=0x2294e283<FSGSBASE,TSCADJ,SMEP,ERMS,NFPUSG,MPX,PQE,RDSEED,SMAP,CLFLUSHOPT,PROCTRACE,SHA>
        Structured Extended Features3=0x2c000000<IBPB,STIBP,ARCH_CAP>
        XSAVE Features=0xf<XSAVEOPT,XSAVEC,XINUSE,XSAVES>
        IA32_ARCH_CAPS=0x1<RDCL_NO>
        VT-x: (disabled in BIOS) PAT,HLT,MTF,PAUSE,EPT,UG,VPID,VID,PostIntr
        TSC: P-state invariant, performance statistics
      

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      • maverickwsM
        maverickws
        last edited by

        Sorry guys but my dmesg.boot is empty.

        [2.5.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.domain.io]/var/log: pwd
        /var/log
        [2.5.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.domain.io]/var/log: ls -la dmesg.boot
        -rw-r--r--  1 root  wheel  0 Feb 19 16:54 dmesg.boot
        [2.5.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.domain.io]/var/log: cat /var/log/dmesg.boot 
        [2.5.0-RELEASE][admin@pfSense.domain.io]/var/log: 
        

        I'll have to take a look after next reboot. unless you can point some other way to get that info

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        • stephenw10S
          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
          last edited by

          Hmmm, weird.

          It might still be in dmesg in the buffer if you rebooted recently.

          Or in the system logs from the last boot.

          Steve

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          • Bob.DigB
            Bob.Dig LAYER 8
            last edited by Bob.Dig

            If you delete logs it will clear that too and will report AES:No.
            That behavior was "fixed" in 2.4.5p1, but came back with 2.5.

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            • stephenw10S
              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
              last edited by stephenw10

              Ah. Hmm

              Was there a bug for that? Not seeing one...

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              • maverickwsM
                maverickws
                last edited by

                The uptime is since the 2.5.0 update so 14 days uptime.

                With grep looking for the CPU model (3865U) I don't get anything so I'd say its not on the system log.
                I have to wait a few hours until I can reboot.

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                • Bob.DigB
                  Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @stephenw10
                  last edited by Bob.Dig

                  @stephenw10 No, just me posting it here. And there is one.

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by stephenw10

                    There is a current bug for it though: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11428

                    Looks like that's what you're seeing. It's a gui bug, you would still be able to load the module and use the instructions.

                    Steve

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                    • maverickwsM
                      maverickws
                      last edited by maverickws

                      man looking at that bug and reading this:

                      Updated by Jim Pingle 15 days ago

                      Subject changed from CPU Type, some information disappear on 2.5.0 RC to CPU core details disappear after resetting log files
                      Priority changed from Normal to Very Low
                      Target version changed from 2.6.0 to Future

                      Very low and future really got my hopes up.

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                      • maverickwsM
                        maverickws
                        last edited by

                        By the way I'm sorry if this remark may seem stupid but,

                        what is the point of adding an OS Boot tab under
                        Status > System Logs > System > OS Boot

                        if the log is emptied??
                        I didn't manually reset any log files so I assume this is automatic. So its like a new tab to be empty?

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          It should not be emptied. That should only be manual.

                          This is the first report of this I've seen because most people never reset the logs.

                          Steve

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                          • maverickwsM
                            maverickws @stephenw10
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10 I never reset the logs either.

                            Anyway this is my home office pfsense. I have a couple more virtualized on Xen, they have 3 days uptime. I'll keep an eye on them and let know if the same happens.

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                            • maverickwsM
                              maverickws
                              last edited by

                              Hello again,
                              As promised I rebooted our router late last night and now dmesg.boot is correctly populated, and the System Information correctly displays AES-NI CPU Crypto: Yes (Active):

                              Features2=0x4ffaebbf<SSE3,PCLMULQDQ,DTES64,MON,DS_CPL,VMX,EST,TM2,SSSE3,SDBG,CX16,xTPR,PDCM,PCID,SSE4.1,SSE4.2,x2APIC,MOVBE,POPCNT,TSCDLT,AESNI,XSAVE,OSXSAVE,RDRAND>

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                              • stephenw10S
                                stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                last edited by

                                Hmm, not sure why you ended up with no logs then. That is the reason for the missing CPU data though.

                                Steve

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                                • M
                                  MoonKnight @stephenw10
                                  last edited by

                                  It's probably this bug: https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/11428

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                                  • stephenw10S
                                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                                    last edited by

                                    Yes, it's that. As I linked above. 😉

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