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Date:      Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:26:51 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bob K <melange@yip.org>
To:        spork <spork@super-g.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: 4.0/stable and Cyrix
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0004200024581.76732-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10004192342530.23175-100000@super-g.inch.com>

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On Wed, 19 Apr 2000, spork wrote:

> Cyrix MII-333MHz chip.  Install was flawless, and it's been working great,
> but looking back at 'dmesg' I see that it thinks the processor is running
> at 250MHz.  BIOS reports it as 333 at startup (AMI winbios, btw).

> CPU: Cyrix 6x86MX (250.05-MHz 686-class CPU)
>   Origin = "CyrixInstead"  Id = 0x601  Stepping = 1  DIR=0x1453
>   Features=0x80a135<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,CX8,PGE,CMOV,MMX>
> 
> Any ideas?

Hmm.  Does Cyrix still "PR" (Pentium-Rate) their chips?  Might it be
possible that 333 is the PR rating?

I could be completely wrong, however.

-- 
Bob <melange@yip.org>
"Reality is the only word in the language that should always be used
		in quotes" - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult sample



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