Date: Fri, 27 Dec 1996 14:52:31 -0600 (CST) From: Tim Tsai <ttsai@edison.ebicom.net> To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Cc: ttsai@pobox.com, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 512K L2 cache problems Message-ID: <199612272052.OAA31840@edison.ebicom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.94.961227120902.2459B-100000@localhost> from "Doug White" at Dec 27, 96 12:09:17 pm
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I usually get a kernel panic (page fault, following by disk sync ... giving up ... reboot) with 512K of cache enabled. Generally it will boot the OS OK (but not always) but compiling the kernel will generate the panic everytime. I am sending all the cache back for now. All the machines have 64M to 128M of 60ns EDO RAM. Should I bother with the additional 256K of cache? Thanks, Tim "Doug White wrote:" > On Fri, 27 Dec 1996, Tim Tsai wrote: > > Is anybody running an Asus motherboard (specifically one with 430HX > > chipset) with 512K of L2 cache? I recently ordered 6 of these > > motherboards with 256K built-in and an additional 256K on a module and > > every one will crash FreeBSD 2.1.6 with the 256K module attached. It > > doesn't seem to have that problem with Windows 95 but I took the module > > out anyway, just to be safe. The following scenarios will crash it > > everytime: > > > > 512K Cache, MB set to use 512K Cache, BIOS Cache enabled > > 512K Cache, MB set to use 256K Cache, BIOS Cache enabled > > How does it crash? > > It's possible Asus got a batch of bad modules. > > Doug White | University of Oregon > Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant > http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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