Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1998 12:47:12 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Stephen Roome <steve@visint.co.uk> Cc: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ps segfaults since I overclocked. and worries. Message-ID: <199804101947.MAA00847@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 10 Apr 1998 16:11:32 BST." <Pine.BSF.3.96.980410155959.7097A-100000@dylan>
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> My machine is fine at normal speeds, without the overclocking, I already > mentioned this. So what's your problem? It works at "normal speeds", and fails when you overclock. Doesn't this tell you something? > I was wondering if there was a problem with FreeBSD on computers with non > 66MHz bus speeds. No. > There is some mention of this in /sys/pci/ide_pci.c, I This is a timing issue related to conformance with the various IDE standards. > am 100% certain that the hardware I have is performing fine at these > speeds, You have an observed aberration, yet you are "100% certain"? Who are you kidding? > If there are hardcoded limits that prevent these people from using FreeBSD > then that is a problem. Isn't it ? There aren't, so your argument is baseless. > Does the following mean that some new PC's are not going to work properly? > And that FreeBSD just won't support them ? No. It means that you are expected to run the parts involved (the VIA571 and Intel PIIXn) at their rated speeds. If you correctly configure your system, this is what will happen. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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