Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 03 May 2008 12:03:01 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: i387/FPU init issues... |
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Mikael Pettersson wrote: > > Are you absolutely sure it's this 3-byte NOP that oopses? > > 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. >
Good spotting, and yes, the roof for Pentium II was 450 MHz. Pentium II had a TSC, so it shouldn't be wrong unless there wasn't a bigger timekeeping error on this platform.
Jamal, can you clarify?
-hpa
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