From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Jan 22 09:13:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id JAA28112 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:13:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from Root.COM (implode.Root.COM [198.145.90.17]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id JAA28101 for ; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:13:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Root.COM (8.6.12/8.6.5) with SMTP id JAA16062; Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:13:23 -0800 Message-Id: <199601221713.JAA16062@Root.COM> X-Authentication-Warning: implode.Root.COM: Host localhost didn't use HELO protocol To: Rashid Karimov cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent P6/200 Mbs - WHERE ? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 22 Jan 1996 11:06:18 EST." <199601221606.LAA07521@rk.ios.com> From: David Greenman Reply-To: davidg@Root.COM Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 09:13:23 -0800 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk > So finally we have ASUS's P150 MSs at least in two > places: on ftp.wcarchive.com and on news.ios.com :) , > but I think that jkh@ is concerned too with that > stupid 4.4Mbs limit currently in ASUS P6 MBs ... looks > like they will start shipping the updated MBs ( carrying > the fixed version of ORION chipset) only in April ... We didn't use the ASUS motherboard. I'm arranging to return it to ASUS. Intel is loaning us the guts of a P6 SMP server system that has the B0 stepping of the Orion chipset. We just installed it last Thursday. > In the meantime ... where can I get some really decent > P6 Mb ? Preferably on 200Mhz ? I don't like the idea > of buying the complete system from say Micron or some > other vendor and it's impossible to get just a MB from them ? Can't help you with this. Without Intel's gratious support with the loaner chassis+motherboard, we wouldn't have been able to do the upgrade. > BTW, I got the updated BIOS from ASUS for that infamous > P6RP4 ... and they claim that it will eliminate that > bottleneck :))) .. real funny. Can't risk the production system > now :( - the BIOS update looks like rtaher a tricky and dangerous > thing to do and frankly it's hard to beleive that it will fix > that problem Interesting...the problem can only be fixed in hardware, so this is curious. -DG David Greenman Core Team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project