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diff --git a/util/amdtools/README b/util/amdtools/README deleted file mode 100644 index 06e691008b..0000000000 --- a/util/amdtools/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,31 +0,0 @@ - - -This is a set of tools to compare (extended) K8 memory settings. - -Before you can use them, you need to massage the relevant BKDG sections into -useable data. Here's how. - -First, you need to acquire a copy of the K8 BKDG. Go here: - - Rev F: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/32559.pdf - -Then make sure pdftotext is installed (it's in the poppler-utils package on Debian/Ubuntu). - -Now run the bkdg through pdftotext: - - pdftotext -layout 32559.pdf 32559.txt - -Now extract sections 4.5.15 - 4.5.19 from the file, and save it separately, say as bkdg-raw.data. - -Finally run the txt file through the parse-bkdg.pl script like so: - - parse-bkdg.pl < bkdg-raw.data > bkdg.data - -Now we have the bkdg.data file that is used by the other scripts. - -If you want to test the scripts without doing all this work, you can use some -sample input files from the 'example_input/' directory. - --- -Ward Vandewege, 2009-10-28. -ward@jhvc.com diff --git a/util/amdtools/README.md b/util/amdtools/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..c628f55798 --- /dev/null +++ b/util/amdtools/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +# amdtools +Various tools for AMD platforms + +## A set of tools to compare (extended) K8 memory settings. + - k8-compare-pci-space.pl + - k8-interpret-extended-memory-settings.pl + - k8-read-mem-settings.sh + - parse-bkdg.pl + +Before you can use them, you need to massage the relevant BKDG +sections into useable data. Here's how. + + 1. First, you need to acquire a copy of the K8 BKDG. Go here: + Rev F: http://www.amd.com/us-en/assets/content_type/white_papers_and_tech_docs/32559.pdf + 2. Make sure pdftotext is installed (it's in the poppler-utils + package on Debian/Ubuntu). + 3. Run the bkdg through pdftotext: + `pdftotext -layout 32559.pdf 32559.txt` + 4. Extract sections 4.5.15 - 4.5.19 from the file, and save it + separately, say as bkdg-raw.data. + 5. Finally run the txt file through the parse-bkdg.pl script like so: + `parse-bkdg.pl < bkdg-raw.data > bkdg.data` + +Now we have the bkdg.data file that is used by the other scripts. + +If you want to test the scripts without doing all this work, you +can use some sample input files from the 'example_input/' directory. |