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Date:      Fri, 10 Apr 1998 12:47:12 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk>
Cc:        Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ps segfaults since I overclocked. and worries. 
Message-ID:  <199804101947.MAA00847@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:11:32 BST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410155959.7097A-100000@dylan> 

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> My machine is fine at normal speeds, without the overclocking, I already
> mentioned this.

So what's your problem?  It works at "normal speeds", and fails when 
you overclock.  Doesn't this tell you something?

> I was wondering if there was a problem with FreeBSD on computers with non
> 66MHz bus speeds. 

No.

> There is some mention of this in /sys/pci/ide_pci.c, I

This is a timing issue related to conformance with the various IDE 
standards.

> am 100% certain that the hardware I have is performing fine at these
> speeds,

You have an observed aberration, yet you are "100% certain"?  Who are 
you kidding?

> If there are hardcoded limits that prevent these people from using FreeBSD
> then that is a problem. Isn't it ?

There aren't, so your argument is baseless.

> Does the following mean that some new PC's are not going to work properly?
> And that FreeBSD just won't support them ?

No.  It means that you are expected to run the parts involved (the 
VIA571 and Intel PIIXn) at their rated speeds.  If you correctly 
configure your system, this is what will happen.
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