From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Aug 13 18:22:31 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA12451 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (root@fly.HiWAAY.net [208.147.154.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA12198 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:19:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nospam.hiwaay.net (tnt1-19.HiWAAY.net [208.147.147.19]) by fly.HiWAAY.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with ESMTP id UAA06875 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 20:19:29 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nospam.hiwaay.net (8.8.6/8.8.4) with ESMTP id TAA17163 for ; Wed, 13 Aug 1997 19:45:51 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199708140045.TAA17163@nospam.hiwaay.net> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "hardware@freebsd.org" From: dkelly@hiwaay.net Subject: Re: More K6 info... In-reply-to: Message from David Greenman of "Tue, 12 Aug 1997 22:10:28 PDT." <199708130510.WAA07767@implode.root.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 19:45:51 -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >2) Implement a "halt" like feature in the kernel configuration for the K6 > >(don't know if this is possible though) > > We already do, but when the system is busy, you aren't halted very often, > so the effect of this is minor. So that sounds like a good way to break (cook) it: hack the halt out of a kernel and watch it fail faster. Or maybe the failure is coming out of halt... Sounds like my forthcoming upgrade will not be an AMD K6. Am waffling between Cyrix 6x86MX, Pentium (maybe MSX), and Pentium Pro 150 or 180. Any recommendations for a FreeBSD-only system? If I go socket 7 then Tyan Tomcat IV will most likely be my MB. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.