Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 00:49:20 -0400 From: "Allen Pulsifer" <pulsifer@mediaone.net> To: "spork" <spork@super-g.com> Cc: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD. ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: 4.0/stable and Cyrix Message-ID: <NBBBJNDFEKPEHPFCLNLHMEJNGOAA.pulsifer@mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.00.10004192342530.23175-100000@super-g.inch.com>
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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<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,CX8,PGE,CMOV,MMX> > 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
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