From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Jan 9 04:37:47 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id EAA15233 for hardware-outgoing; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 04:37:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware) Received: from word.smith.net.au (ppp3.portal.net.au [202.12.71.103]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id EAA15220 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 04:37:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA00367; Fri, 9 Jan 1998 23:01:19 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801091231.XAA00367@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Greg Lehey cc: Mike Smith , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: LS-120, Riva 128, ASUS motherboard In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jan 1998 19:40:06 +1030." <19980109194006.42229@lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 23:01:19 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Ahh. http://www.intel.com/design/pcisets/datashts/290559.htm. > Extract: > > The Intel 430TX PCIset (430TX) consists of the 82439TX System > Controller (MTXC) and the 82371AB PCI ISA IDE Xcelerator > (PIIX4). [...] The MTXC integrates the cache and main memory DRAM > control functions and provides bus control to transfers between the > CPU, cache, main memory, and the PCI Bus. The second level (L2) > cache controller supports a writeback cache policy for cache sizes > of 256 Kbytes and 512 Kbytes. > > I'm downloading the document, and will print it out, but this > certainly doesn't sound like Tom's Hardware Guide. As is typical, reading the datasheets tends to give better and more believable answers than what is really the computing equivalent of a revhead's magazine. Of course, lightly editorial dreck is easier on the eyes when it comes to reading... -- \\ 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. \\