Ross Penner wrote: > Hi all, I have a few questions about my Via C7 processor. In > examples/make.conf there is an option for the CPUTYPE. It indicates > that only the C3 and the C3-2 chips are supported. Does the C7 chip > have support that I don't know of? If not, will it? Otherwise, will > specifying the chipset as C3 help or hinder my environment?
I know this is not an answer, but why not just upgrade to 7.0 if you need the C7 support? > My second question is in regards to the CPU frequency control. I've > seen that the C7 gets support for cpufreq in 7 current, but I'm > running 6. Without support in cpufreq, what speed would my processor > be running at? I've always thought my performance has been lackluster > so I suspect it's running at the lower clock speed. If cpufreq/powerd is not active, your processor is running full-speed. You can check this with "sysctl dev.cpu.0.freq" if it's available on your system. Erik _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
