On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Robert M. Hyatt wrote:
>count the digits. 2xxxxxxxx hertz is 200 megahertz...
He means the variation between APIC and CPU:
>> Detected 200456554 Hz processor.
[...]
>> calibrating APIC timer ...
>> ..... CPU clock speed is 180.4136 MHz.
>> ..... host bus clock speed is 60.1374 MHz.
On my machine:
Detected 232108703 Hz processor.
[...]
calibrating APIC timer ...
..... CPU clock speed is 232.1067 MHz.
..... system bus clock speed is 66.3160 MHz.
I would imagine the APIC and CPU not agreeing about MHz would be bad. :)
-George Greer
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