Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2001 18:39:08 -0600 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: "Aaron Hill" <hillaa@hotmail.com> Cc: Lawrence.Kreitzer@aa.com, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Athlon Processors? Message-ID: <200101090039.f090d8R62320@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Aaron Hill" <hillaa@hotmail.com> of "Mon, 08 Jan 2001 23:14:03." <F9qCo84l3PGgzKGiOZ800001a04@hotmail.com>
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"Aaron Hill" writes:
> >Hello People
> >
> >Is anyone successfully running FreeBSD on a system that is Athlon processor
> >based ?
>
> Yes many people do. I run FreeBSD 4.2 on my workstation with this config...
And mine on an Asus A7V looks like:
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FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Mon Jan 1 00:19:08 CST 2001
root@grumpy.dyndns.org:/usr/src/sys/compile/GRUMPY
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 807193061 Hz
CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (807.19-MHz 686-class CPU)
Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x642 Stepping = 2
Features=0x183f9ff<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PA
T,PSE36,MMX,FXSR>
AMD Features=0xc0440000<<b18>,AMIE,DSP,3DNow!>
real memory = 134135808 (130992K bytes)
avail memory = 127025152 (124048K bytes)
But I *have* had problems. PC shop who rebuilt my machine after a
lightning strike apparently chose an instable option in the BIOS
config. Not sure exactly which one seems to have cured the problem but
I disabled the advanced PCI tricks. Selected "defaults" then added
essentials such as ECC on cache in the Athlon (not available on main
RAM in the VIA KT133).
System locked up under high activity. Namely "make buildworld", gnapster
download over cable modem, and newsgroup surfing in Netscape 4.76, and
playing of mp3's with mpg123 on an SB128. Initially pursued a solution
of rebalancing shared PCI IRQ's, but that failed.
The most signifcant change "defaults" made was it disabled "PCI Master
Read Caching" and "Delayed Transaction". Also "System Performance
Setting" is now "Normal" while before it was "Optimal". My video card
is PCI, so AGP tweaks do nothing for me, and this parameter seems
focused on AGP 2x vs 4x.
Locked it up 3 times in a row last night but have since done "make
buildworld" 4 times without fail. So maybe I found it.
Meaning to go ports surfing to see if I can find a utility for reading
the MB temperature and fan tachometers. The Award BIOS has a page in
its config for viewing this status but nowhere does it say what are
reasonable temperatures. I bit concerned about 120F on (under) my CPU.
--
David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net
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