Re: Xeon X3430 = immediate panic

[mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst)]

netbsd%precedence.co.uk@localhost (Stephen Borrill) writes:

>                 msr = rdmsr(MSR_FSB_FREQ);
>                 bus = (msr >> 0) & 0x7;

>So it looks like this MSR, which is listed as "Core Duo/Solo only" in 
>sys/arch/x86/include/specialreg.h (but is actually in pretty widespread 
>use in p3_get_bus_clock()) is no longer valid.

As the CPU has no FSB it is no wonder that it doesn't provide FSB frequencies :)

>Perhaps we need a whole new function for i7 CPUs?

You need to drop EST support and rely on ACPI.

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