Re: 68882 FPU (was: 68k support status page)

Michael <[email protected]> Fri, 14 May 2004 12:14:04 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.openbsd.mac68k
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Friday, May 14, 2004, at 07:10 US/Pacific, Hugo Villeneuve wrote:

> Does anyone knows if I have to limit myself to a 16MHz FPU? Would
> a 25 or 33MHz automatically step back to 16MHz and do the job right?

Yes, they should work.  Those ratings are the fastest recommended speed 
for the chip (i.e. a "not to exceed speed").  Since the clock is 
external to the chip (i.e. comes off the logic board), the chip will 
automatically run at the slower (correct) speed.
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