From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Aug 9 20:04:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA01308 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 20:04:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA01303 for ; Sun, 9 Aug 1998 20:04:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id MAA08721; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:33:45 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id MAA14853; Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:33:41 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980810123341.X11095@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1998 12:33:41 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: John Baldwin Cc: FreeBSD Hackers , John Baldwin , dg@root.com Subject: Re: AMD-specific kernel code (was: How long a wait?) References: <19980808182200.E14475@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: ; from John Baldwin on Sun, Aug 09, 1998 at 11:00:24PM -0400 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 9 August 1998 at 23:00:24 -0400, John Baldwin wrote: > On 08-Aug-98 Greg Lehey wrote: >> (following up to -hackers) >> On Thursday, 6 August 1998 at 23:44:39 -0700, David Greenman wrote: >>> >>> I just looked at the patch. Other than some KNF style bugs, it seems >>> okay. >>> I don't have any AMD K5/K6 machines, however, so I can't test it and won't >>> be committing it. >>> If it could get wider circulation - perhaps by posting a note to hackers >>> asking for testers, then I think there would be less hesitation in getting >>> it committed. >> >> I've grabbed the code and will try it out and report. > > One note, I just found out that this will only work on on certain chipsets (I > think Intel Triton TX, but I could be wrong, so don't quote me on that.) As the title indicates, this specific tweak only works on AMD K5 stepping 4 and above, and all AMD K6s. I've posted a followup. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message