Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 10:55:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net> To: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Processor upgrade, minor problem. Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980610105247.908A-100000@dreamer.dreamfire.net> In-Reply-To: <199806101655.JAA14423@GndRsh.aac.dev.com>
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On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Rodney W. Grimes wrote: > > 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. > I'm no processor/software brainiac here, but will this affect performance of the chip in anyway? It does perform (so far) about 30& better than my Intel P133. > > 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... > I didn't buy it =) I got it as a bday gift.... =) > > -- > Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com > Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD > http://www.aai.dnsmgr.com > -Sean-Paul Rees sean@dreamfire.net, SR5176 =============================================== = Sean-Paul Rees = Dream Fire Networks = = sean@dreamfire.net = Dream Fire Consulting = = = = "Marking your achievements, and improving = = upon them is better than any award anybody = = will bestow." -Sean-Paul Rees = =============================================== sig updated: 5/20/1998 Type bits/keyID Date User ID pub 2047/EF18B3ED 1998/04/11 Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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