On 1/30/06, Tamouh H. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been able to run couple of successful tests installing FreeBSD 4.x and > 5.x on Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 , however, I've noticed for some reason > FreeBSD is not detecting the actual CPU speed: > > ------------------- > FreeBSD 5.4-STABLE #0: Mon Jan 30 22:32:31 EST 2006 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/INTERNDC > Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0 > > CPU: Intel Pentium III Xeon (593.19-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "GenuineIntel" Id = 0x6a4 Stepping = 4 > Features=0x380a97b<FPU,VME,PSE,TSC,MSR,PAE,CX8,SEP,PGE,CMOV,MMX,FXSR,SSE> > > real memory = 824115200 (785 MB) > avail memory = 796700672 (759 MB) > npx0: <math processor> on motherboard > npx0: INT 16 interface > acpi0: <A M I OEMRSDT> on motherboard > acpi0: Power Button (fixed) > Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000 > ------------ > > The frequency should be 900MHz. The BIOS does not state CPU frequency, nor > the boot sequence. > > In fact, if I reboot the FreeBSD virtual machine, the frequency would be > different (sometimes 460MHz , others 550MHz...etc). I think this is causing a > considerable degradation in the FreeBSD speed. > > Any suggestions in this regard ? MSFT doesn't officially support FreeBSD, > but I'm aware they support Linux on their virtual server. >
It's typical for the cpu speed to very inside a virtual machine, VMware does this all the time, typically it's 0 ~ 100MHz off, but yours is way off... I did know the answer to this question but don't remember, sorry. try a google search for VMware and cpu speed or frequency. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
