linux-kernel - Re: i387/FPU init issues...

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Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.10.0805032115330.6003@apollo.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:	Sat, 3 May 2008 21:17:12 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
cc:	Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, jamal <hadi@...erus.ca>,
	Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@...el.com>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Subject: Re: i387/FPU init issues...



On Sat, 3 May 2008, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> Mikael Pettersson wrote:
> > 
> > I also noticed that jamal's /proc/cpuinfo contains
> > > cpu MHz         : 1063.771
> > which is either wrong or indicates serious overclocking.
> > The PIIs maxed out at about 400/450MHz.
> > 
> 
> It's worse than that... it's claiming to be a *Klamath*, which topped out at
> 300 MHz.

This might also be caused by a calibration error. We've seen enough of
them already.

Thanks,
	tglx

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