From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Apr 19 21:49:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from chmls06.mediaone.net (chmls06.mediaone.net [24.128.1.71]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 738D837BDE3 for ; Wed, 19 Apr 2000 21:49:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from pulsifer@mediaone.net) Received: from ahp3 (ahp.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.184.250]) by chmls06.mediaone.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id AAA07697; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:49:20 -0400 (EDT) From: "Allen Pulsifer" To: "spork" Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD. ORG" Subject: RE: 4.0/stable and Cyrix Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:49:20 -0400 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Technically (or should I say Marketingly), its called the Cyrix MII-333, without the "MHz". It actually does run at 250 MHz. The "333" is its "PR" number, also known as its "Performance Rating". A PR of 333 means it is equivalent in speed to a 333 MHz Pentium II, even though it only runs at 250 MHz. Allen > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of spork > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 11:44 PM > To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: 4.0/stable and Cyrix > > > Hi, > > First of all, I'm really impressed with 4.0. Very few problems on both of > the home boxes I've tried it on... > > My one question is this. I bought a cheapo ($250) E-Machines box with a > 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). > > Here's the top of dmesg: > > FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #3: Wed Apr 12 01:31:10 EDT 2000 > root@bigpoop.fasttrackmonkey.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/BIGPOOP > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193140 Hz > Timecounter "TSC" frequency 250048177 Hz > CPU: Cyrix 6x86MX (250.05-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "CyrixInstead" Id = 0x601 Stepping = 1 DIR=0x1453 > Features=0x80a135 > real memory = 33554432 (32768K bytes) > avail memory = 29810688 (29112K bytes) > Preloaded elf kernel "kernel" at 0xc02f4000. > Preloaded userconfig_script "/boot/kernel.conf" at 0xc02f409c. > > Any ideas? > > On a completely unrelated note, the BIOS on this box has a big > "E-Machines" splash page, anyone know if it's possible to dump the bios, > modify, and reflash without a burner? > > Thanks, > > Charles > > --- > Charles Sprickman > spork@super-g.com > --- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message