From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Feb 28 9: 0:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mousehouse.illian.net (mousehouse.xs4all.nl [194.109.237.192]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 99ACD37B719 for ; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 09:00:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rutger@illian.net) Received: (from nobody@localhost) by mousehouse.illian.net (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f1SH0eY00317; Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:00:40 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from rutger@illian.net) Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2001 18:00:40 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200102281700.f1SH0eY00317@mousehouse.illian.net> X-Authentication-Warning: mousehouse.illian.net: nobody set sender to rutger@illian.net using -f From: "Rutger Bevaart" To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: CPUclock problem on AXPpci33/Noname cannot get beyond 106MHz X-Mailer: NeoMail 1.22 X-IPAddress: 192.168.27.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, I've built a small home firewall around an AXPpci33 board using FreeBSD4.2. This wasn't the easiest install I've ever done but it works great. The only problem I have is that I cannot get the system to run at a clock frequency higher than 106MHz, which to my belief is incorrect. System: - AXPpci33 MB with 48Mb, SCSI disk on the NCR, 2x ethernet (3C509C and RLT8039) - DEC 21066-AA cpu (checked by removing heatsink) Symptom: What happens is that I set the clock frequency using jumpers J7 on the board. These set some IRQ pins on the CPU which then uses an internal PLL to make the clock. When I boot I see the message: FreeBSD 4.2-RELEASE #2: Fri Feb 2 22:33:09 CET 2001 root@alpha.homenet:/usr/src/sys/compile/rbalpha DEC AXPpci Alpha PC AXPpci33, 106MHz 8192 byte page size, 1 processor. CPU: LCA Family major=4 minor=2 OSF PAL rev: 0x100090002012d real memory = 48259072 (47128K bytes) avail memory = 41492480 (40520K bytes) OK, so this tells me that I have a 106MHz processor. Crazy. The jumpers are set correctly. I tried over- and underclocking but this is what the J7 does: J7 MHz 135 246 ||: 106 :|| 106 |:: 53 ::| 106 ::: 35 |:| 106 :|: 53 As a final try I stuck a Debian/Alpha disk in the machine and booted. It told me: "HWRPB cycle frequency of 107181136 Hz seems inaccurate, using the measured value of 106270410 Hz". I also got the message "Build this processor's slot in the HWRPB" once. Anybody have any clues? Is my NVRAM rotten? Battery gone? (It remembers my bootdisk though) Any help greatly appreciated. Rutger Bevaart -- rutger@illian.net http://www.illian.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message