Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 09:55:24 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: sean@dreamfire.net (Sean-Paul Rees) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Processor upgrade, minor problem. Message-ID: <199806101655.JAA14423@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980609204416.501A-100000@dreamer.dreamfire.net> from Sean-Paul Rees at "Jun 9, 98 08:50:15 pm"
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> I just upgraded from my Pentium 133, to the Evergreen MxPro
> 200MHz MMX- and FreeBSD doesn't echo it's features like it did on the
> P133.
> This is what I get:
>
> FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE #0: Tue Jun 9 19:31:07 PDT 1998
> root@dreamer.dreamfire.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/DREAMER
> CPU: Pentium (199.43-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "CentaurHauls" Id = 0x540
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You most likely (reason I say ``most likely'' is below) have
an IDT/Centaur CPU chip, which FreeBSD has not been updated
to fully understand, and this does not print the Features
values.
One interesting thing about the IDT chips is that it is possible
to reprogram the Origin string, and some one else may copy this
miss feature in the future. If you do a yahoo search on the
above ID string you'll find a few web sites that talk about this
misfeature.
> real memory = 100663296 (98304K bytes)
>
> instead of:
>
> FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE #0: Sat May 16 23:45:40 PDT 1998
> root@dreamer.dreamfire.net:/usr/src/sys/compile/DREAMER
> CPU: Pentium (132.96-MHz 586-class CPU)
> Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x52b Stepping=11
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> Features=0x1bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8>
> real memory = 100663296 (98304K bytes)
>
> Can anybody help?
Hope you didn't pay Intel prices for an IDT chip...
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