From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Mar 4 12:41:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA22128 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:41:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA22005 for ; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:41:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA22209; Wed, 4 Mar 1998 12:38:28 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199803042038.MAA22209@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: TX Chipset and more than 64M Ram In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 04 Mar 1998 17:12:35 -0300." <199803042012.RAA09257@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 04 Mar 1998 12:38:26 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Hi, > > What kind of problem could I expect from FreeBSD if I run a TX > chipset motherboard with 128M RAM ? Your performance will suck. > This chipset can only cache > 64M. Anything other than performance ? Is it possible to force > FreeBSD to use the low 64M preferentially ? Take the top 64M out. Seriously, it's going to cost you less to replace the board with one wearing an HX chipset than the time that the TX board will waste you. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message