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Date:      Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:36:35 -0600
From:      Stephen Hurd <shurd@sasktel.net>
To:        Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: PERFMON with Athlon breaks ata.
Message-ID:  <437EABD3.3000004@sasktel.net>
In-Reply-To: <84dead720511172135q5b17a4ecud4b3b586d191fd3e@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <001f01c5ebbb$96f09c90$5200a8c0@backoffice> <84dead720511172135q5b17a4ecud4b3b586d191fd3e@mail.gmail.com>

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Joseph Koshy wrote:

>>A custom kernel compiled with options PERFMON and cputype=athlon when ran on
>>an athlon causes ATA to not probe devices on FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE.  dmesg
>>seems normal except the ata probe is never done, so the only boot devices
>>available is the floppy.
>>    
>>
>
>AFAIR, "PERFMON" only supports Pentium and Pentium Pro CPUs.
>
>  
>
Yeah, wasn't sure... I know the Athlon has a performance counter, but 
wasn't sure if it was supported etc.  Assumed not, but just thought I'd 
mention it in case it's supposed to work.



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