On Tue, 24 Jan 2006, Kaj-Michael Lang wrote: > > We're getting the following boot error on a DECstation with R3K CPU. > > It simply hangs after the "high precision timer" message. Maciej, do > > It's trying to use a timer source that does not exist on the DECstation you're > trying to use, most likely. What model is it you have ? I've tracked it down Well, I don't think it's possible to calculate frequency of something that's inexistent, yet it does... That's a /240. > when I got my first (working) DECstation (5000/133) a > month or so ago. Forgot all about it under the holidays. I think > I have a patch somewhere to fix it, I'll do some digging. The /133 (as all 3MINs) may have an older revision of the I/O ASIC that may not have the free-running counter indeed. It's handled correctly regardless, except from missing timestamp precision, obviously. What kind of a patch do you need anyway and why isn't it yet in my mail? Maciej
