From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Feb 25 09:49:30 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA05355 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:49:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from solaric.UkrCard.Kiev.UA (ukrcard-gu.gu.net [194.93.170.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA04970; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:48:50 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@solaric.UkrCard.Kiev.UA) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by solaric.UkrCard.Kiev.UA (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA19459; Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:45:48 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from alex@solaric.UkrCard.Kiev.UA) Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:45:47 +0200 (EET) From: Alexander Tatmaniants To: Vincent Poy cc: =?KOI8-R?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= , Satoshi Asami , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Intel Pentium Chipsets In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=KOI8-R Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Vincent Poy wrote: > On 25 Feb 1998, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > > > Vincent Poy writes: > > > On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Satoshi Asami wrote: > > > > Go to www.intel.com for Intel chipset datasheets. > > > I did and the link went to the development site. It seems like > > > the datasheets have changed. The ones a few months ago used to mention > > > the amount of cacheable ram but the new ones don't. > > > > Look harder, and keep in mind that for the Pentium II, it's not the > > chipset that determines the amount of cacheable memory, but the > > processor, since the L2 cache is located on the processor card. > > > > The datasheet for the 430HX chipset, for instance, has cacheability > > information in section 4.3 "Secondary Cache Interface", on page 35. It > > indicates that the HX chipset can support up to 512 MB of cached RAM > > when equipped with 11-bit tag chips. > > > > BTW, the datasheets I read were those listed on > > . > > I think I know what I did wrong now. Before, they used to have a > comparison chart or a summary of each chipset but now it's in .pdf so > that's why I couldn't find it. take a look at /usr/ports/print/gv/pkg/DESCR > > > Cheers, > Vince - vince@MCESTATE.COM - vince@GAIANET.NET ________ __ ____ > Unix Networking Operations - FreeBSD-Real Unix for Free / / / / | / |[__ ] > GaiaNet Corporation - M & C Estate / / / / | / | __] ] > Beverly Hills, California USA 90210 / / / / / |/ / | __] ] > HongKong Stars/Gravis UltraSound Mailing Lists Admin /_/_/_/_/|___/|_|[____] > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message