From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Apr 24 11:45:21 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA28753 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:45:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA28730 for ; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:45:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA00948; Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:41:33 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804241841.LAA00948@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Morgan Davis cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 2.2.6 sees a PPro 333 as a 233 In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Apr 1998 23:27:03 PDT." <199804240627.XAA24973@io.cts.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 11:41:32 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > Is it a known problem that 2.2.6-RELEASE would see a Pentium Pro > 333Mhz as a "233.86-MHz 686-class CPU"? After booting, BIOS post > messages say it's 333MHz, but dmesg says otherwise. No currently released Pentium Pro products run at 333MHz. It is generally possible to overclock Pentium Pros to 233MHz. > If this is not a known problem with kernel code, what might the > problem be? If the device is indeed a Pentium Pro, then there may be a bug in your BIOS. Note that Pentium II processors are also identified as Pentium Pros, and these are available in 333MHz grades. If you have a PII which your BIOS is claiming runs at 333MHz, but the boot-time calibration reports 233MHz, then you have either: - motherboard jumpers set incorrectly, confusing the BIOS. - a BIOS bug. - a motherboard bug. - faulty motherboard timekeeping hardware. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message