From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Nov 15 11:56:34 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id LAA12114 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:56:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from mx.serv.net (mx.serv.net [199.201.191.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id LAA12109 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:56:32 -0800 (PST) Received: from MindBender.serv.net by mx.serv.net (8.7.5/SERV Revision: 2.30) id LAA18840; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:56:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.serv.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id LAA27483; Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:56:16 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199611151956.LAA27483@MindBender.serv.net> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.serv.net: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: "Rodney W. Grimes" cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey), smp@csn.net, FreeBSD-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CPU heatsinks In-reply-to: Your message of Fri, 15 Nov 96 07:04:31 -0800. <199611151504.HAA25257@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 11:56:16 -0800 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-hardware@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> > >Oh, one other thing, b4 you do appply it record ALL the numbers & wordage >> > >you see on the top of the chip (& bottom while your at it). As you will >> > >be helping with the SMP kernel we may want to know these for checking >> > >against errata sometime in the future (you did volunteer to walk on the >> > >bloody edge, didn't you?) >> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com wrote: >> > >From what I've seen, the top only says "Intel Pentium Pro". All the >> > important information is on the bottom (stepping, speed, cache size, >> > etc.). >On the Pentium and Pentium PRO all the good stuff is on the top, on >later Pentiums they have duplicated it on the bottom as well, just for >your and my convienence :-) "On the ... Pentium PRO all the good stuff is on the top" This is an incorrect generalization. On MY Pentium Pro, all the "good stuff" is on the bottom. The top only says "Intel Pentium Pro". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------