Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2008 12:01:04 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Da Rock <rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081214115905.J48768@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <1229229078.18610.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> References: <1228733482.4495.14.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081211103742.21621a6d@gom.home> <20081211190951.GB845@comcast.net> <20081211113257.405a082c@gom.home> <20081211202023.GC845@comcast.net> <20081211134622.15c81ecd@gom.home> <20081212002813.GD32300@kokopelli.hydra> <20081211170011.777236f8@gom.home> <20081212015814.GB32982@kokopelli.hydra> <20081212120437.B3687@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212181258.GE36348@kokopelli.hydra> <ghuau9$juk$1@ger.gmane.org> <20081212203202.H4803@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081212150228.520ad7f8@scorpio> <20081212212931.F5072@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <1229229078.18610.80.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au>
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>> >> with "secret" drivers - they can easily hide them. AFAIK at least half of >> their driver code are to do workaround of their hardware bugs. > > Actually that sounds like a very close approximation of what is going > on. It explains why cpu usage can go up some times during use. > another example. Part of AMD phenom CPUs have TLB cache bug - actually making in unusable for anything serious. But - this CPUs are still available for sale. not as "broken" but as new. you won't even get informed about it when buying, Why? because people accepted it ;)
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