Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 09:27:05 +0100 From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Johan_Lindstr=F6m?= <johan.jl@home.se> To: "'jason'" <jason@ec.rr.com>, "'Nikolas Britton'" <freebsd@nbritton.org> Cc: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: SV: CPU Clock Freq Message-ID: <20040325083057.1598043D46@mx1.FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <40627EF1.6060805@ec.rr.com>
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Nikolas, try the snapshot function of VMWare of you don=92t want to see = the cool startup messages. -- Johan=20 > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Fr=E5n: owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org=20 > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org] F=F6r jason > Skickat: den 25 mars 2004 07:41 > Till: Nikolas Britton > Kopia: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org > =C4mne: Re: CPU Clock Freq >=20 > Nikolas Britton wrote: >=20 > > Can anyone explain why the clock is off by 17Mhz? This is=20 > non critical=20 > > btw I was just playing with the diff command an wasn't expecting to=20 > > see this, the system is FreeBSD 5.2.1 running as a guest OS=20 > in VMWare=20 > > (Win2k host).....my guess is its just vmware playing tricks=20 > on freebsd... > > > > #diff dmesg.today dmesg.yesterday > > 8c8 > > < CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70GHz (1733.85-MHz 686-class CPU) > > --- > > > CPU: Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 1.70GHz (1716.78-MHz 686-class CPU) > > 79c79 > > < Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1733846104 Hz quality 800 > > --- > > > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1716778304 Hz quality 800 > > 85a86,91 > > > WARNING: / was not properly dismounted > > > WARNING: /tmp was not properly dismounted > > > /tmp: mount pending error: blocks 4 files 3 > > > WARNING: /usr was not properly dismounted > > > WARNING: /var was not properly dismounted > > > cd9660: RockRidge Extension > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > > "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > If no else will take this one, because of percent error. The clock=20 > generator make a reference clock much lower that you cpu. =20 > The cpu uses=20 > multipliers of buses that are multiplies of this reference clock. If=20 > the quartz crystal is off by 1%, then multiply by 10, 100, or=20 > 10,000 you=20 > can get 17 or more mhz off. Also the temp of the crystal=20 > plays a role=20 > in the frequency at which it vibrates. So a cold bootup vs a warm=20 > reboot will cause variance. I am going from memory so this=20 > might not be=20 > perfect info. Opps, I did not see the vmware part. Well this info=20 > should still apply. With a good motherboard monitor program=20 > you should=20 > see the cpu fluxuation a little too. By the way are you =20 > shutting down=20 > freebsd properly? >=20 > Jason > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to=20 > "freebsd-newbies-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >=20 >=20
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