AlphaPC 164SX: Curious about CPU MHz output in dmesg(8)

[Ruslan Ermilov]

Hi!

I played with my brand new AlphaPC 164SX today, and I noticed
one strange thing:

- the first time I booted it (5.3-BETA1), it displayed the
  following early in dmesg(8):

  "Digital AlphaPC 164SX 533 MHz, 266MHz"

  and the same value for the "alpha" timecounter.

- the second time I booted it (the same 5.3-BETA1), it displayed:

  "Digital AlphaPC 164SX 533 MHz, 531MHz"

  and the same value for the "alpha" timecounter.

What's going on here?  (No, I didn't change any motherboard
configuration in between.)


Cheers,
-- 
Ruslan Ermilov
ru at FreeBSD.org
FreeBSD committer
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