From owner-freebsd-stable Fri May 15 10:25:32 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA03065 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Fri, 15 May 1998 10:25:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt050n33.san.rr.com (@dt053nd2.san.rr.com [204.210.34.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03057 for ; Fri, 15 May 1998 10:25:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt050n33.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA09272; Fri, 15 May 1998 10:25:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <355C7A84.75222EE3@dal.net> Date: Fri, 15 May 1998 10:25:24 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE-0507 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: art@neilson.ddns.org CC: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION References: <3.0.5.32.19980514211049.0080e520@neilson.ddns.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Arthur W. Neilson III wrote: > > I rebuilt my kernel with bpfilter and IPFIREWALL enabled ... > I noticed when I reviewed the boot time messages in /var/log/messages > that FreeBSD wanted to set the timing via CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION first, > then CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION then finally old method. It had Hz frequencies > listed for each, looked like CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION had the best resolution. > The OS seemed to resort to the 'old method' since I hadn't specified either > parameter in my kernel config. I do have a AMD K6-200 installed, and I assume > I can use the CLK_USE_I586_CALIBRATION. How/where in the kernel config file > do I specify this unknown parameter since I can't find it in the "Complete > FreeBSD" book anywhere? How do I turn it on???? There are sample examples for all kernel options in /sys/i386/config/LINT. I have no idea how the 586 calibration will interact with the amd but I suppose it's worth a shot. Make sure that you keep a working kernel around before you start testing. > Mahalo!!! Aloha, :) Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** *** Proud designer and maintainer of the world's largest Internet *** Relay Chat server with 5,328 simultaneous connections. *** Try spider.dal.net on ports 6662-4 (Powered by FreeBSD) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message