Date: Wed, 16 Jun 1999 17:13:10 -0700 From: Shawn Ramsey <shawn@cpl.net> To: Arcady Genkin <a.genkin@utoronto.ca>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz Message-ID: <19990616171310.B15683@cpl.net> In-Reply-To: <87btefitux.fsf@main.wgaf.net>; from Arcady Genkin on Wed, Jun 16, 1999 at 07:55:02PM -0400 References: <87btefitux.fsf@main.wgaf.net>
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> Hi all: > > Could somebody comment on the following startup messages: > > FreeBSD 3.2-RELEASE #2: Thu Mar 11 16:40:53 EST 1999 > root@door.wgaf.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/DOORKERNEL2 > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz > CPU: i486 DX4 (486-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x480 Stepping=0 > Features=0x3<FPU,VME> > > Primarilly I would like to know what speed the CPU is running at. It > couldn't possibly be 1MHz, could it now? ;^) > > I inherited the i486 computer w/o any docs, so I have no idea how fast > it is. The timing frequency doesn't appear at boot-up. I borrowed a > copy of Norton Diagnostics for DOS and ran it from a floppy -- it > reported 102MHz. The DX4 used a 33MHz clock speed, and a 3x multipler, thus 100Mhz. At least I think it did, that seems right seens Norton reports 102mhz. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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