Re: 2.5 'what to expect' document.

Michael Buesch (fsdeveloper@yahoo.de)
Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:25:53 +0200


On Monday 14 April 2003 23:13, Dave Jones wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 14, 2003 at 11:08:03PM +0200, Michael Buesch wrote:
> > Will it be implemented in future to taint the kernel if CPU is
> > overclocked?
>
> Theoretically possible on most CPUs, but it's not that simple.
> - Some CPUs don't encode the necessary bits to tell you their
> current multiplier/FSB
> - Some CPUs don't encode the necessary info to tell you the speed
> the CPU should be running at.

I know. That was exactly the reason for I asked. :)

-- 
Regards Michael Buesch.
http://www.8ung.at/tuxsoft

$ cat /dev/zero > /dev/null /dev/null: That's *not* funny! :(

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