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

["W. Crowshaw" <wcrowshaw@yahoo.com>]

On Sat, Sep 06, 2003 at 12:07:53PM +0200, Mich Lanners wrote:
> 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

So does this mean that my PowerMac 7500 can't fully
utilize the Mhz of my G3?  Or does it simply mean
that it can't calculate the correct clock speed for
this hardware report?

Thanks,

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wcrowshaw