Re: [Q]IBM's Java 1.4.1 with IBM's JIT
On 9 Sep, this message from W. Crowshaw echoed through cyberspace:
> 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.
>>
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>
> 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?
Simply that OF calculates wrong. No other undesired efects :-)
Cheers
Michel
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