HEADS UP: Release schedule for 2006

[Oliver Fromme]

Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd.stable at melvyn.homeunix.org> wrote:
 > Features=0xa7e9f9bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,SEP,MTRR,PGE,MCA,CMOV,PAT,CLF
 > LUSH,DTS,ACPI,MMX,FXSR,SSE,SSE2,TM,PBE>
 > +  Features2=0x180<EST,TM2>
 > 
 > Q: What are those extra features

Enhanced Speedstep, Thermal Monitor 2.

 > and are they useful? ;-)

Yes.  The kernel's cpufreq framework will use them.

 > -ACPI link \\_SB_.PCI0.LNKB has invalid initial irq 11, ignoring
 > +pci_link1: BIOS IRQ 11 for 0.31.INTB is invalid
 > 
 > Q: Could this be midi?

Possibly.  Look at the output of "pciconf -lv" and search
for the entry for bus 0, slot 31.

 > -Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1398819442 Hz quality 800
 > -Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
 > +Timecounter "TSC" frequency 1398819606 Hz quality 800
 > +Timecounters tick every 1.000 msec
 > 
 > Q: This is a big scarey difference :p This isn't a printf bug I presume?

No, the default of HZ changed from 100 to 1000.

Best regards
   Oliver

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