Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 13:09:18 -0500 (CDT) From: Kevin Day <toasty@home.dragondata.com> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: steve@visint.co.uk, phk@critter.freebsd.dk, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ps segfaults since I overclocked. and worries. Message-ID: <199804101809.NAA29718@home.dragondata.com> In-Reply-To: <8619.892222158@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Apr 10, 98 08:29:18 am"
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> > I'll shut up now, but if FreeBSD isn't going to be supporting hardware > > that will be becoming standard soon then I'm slightly worried, I'd have > > thought current- was the testing ground for stuff such as this > > Certainly, though clocking pre-standard hardware up to the standard > and testing that would only constitute poor testing methodology. > Before becoming even slightly worried, I'd first want to see test > failures on hardware where all components are rated for the conditions > of the test. Considering the number of manufacturers involved just in > getting all the components on a motherboard to work properly together > at some target clock speed, it's often surprising to consider that the > whole mess works at all. > > Jordan If perhaps the sumbitter doesn't understand the error of overclocking: You just purchased a 1979 Ford Pinto station wagon. However, you are upset after driving it for a while that it won't go above 65 MPH. Feeling smart, you go and purchase soe rocket fuel. You pour it in your gas tank, and all seems well until hit a steep hill, at which time the engine explodes. This is not the fault of: Ford, the card dealer where you bought the car, or the hill itself. Likewise, Overclocking your processor and having things fail is not the fault of: Intel, your board manufacturer, or FreeBSD. Kevin To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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