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Re: [Q]IBM's Java 1.4.1 with IBM's JIT



On   3 Sep, this message from J. Javier Maestro echoed through
cyberspace:
> On Sep Tue 02 2003 09:49, William Crowshaw wrote:
>> Oh, by the way, the fixed worked on my G3 upgrade
>> card.  Here's my /proc/cpuinfo
>> 
>> cpu             : 740/750
>> clock           : 195MHz
[snip]
>> detected as     : 16 (PowerMac 7500)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> Strangely, it only says my clock in 195Mhz when its
>> supposed to be at 300MhZ.  Oh well, another ppc
>> problem I got to work out.
> 
> Dunno if your G3 supports stepping frequencies, but if so, check that
> you are running at the max speed.

No, no, the problem here is that OpenFirmware in this OldWorld 7500
doesn't know a thing about G3 processors, and hence gets the clock
frequency calculation wrong.

Somebody with a bit of OF and Forth knowledge could probably patch it
(don't look at me :-).

Cheers

Michel

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