From owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 6 06:32:10 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C63A16A4CE; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 06:32:10 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8BA4B43D31; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 06:32:09 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by smtp-vbr2.xs4all.nl (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i966W7l5041718; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:32:08 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i966W7dT024091; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:32:07 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id i966W6Ri024090; Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:32:06 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wb) Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2004 08:32:06 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: Marcel Moolenaar Message-ID: <20041006063206.GA24068@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200410060243.i962hSjr099465@repoman.freebsd.org> <20041005220848.G560@odysseus.silby.com> <3E1495F0-1748-11D9-B102-000D93C47836@xcllnt.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E1495F0-1748-11D9-B102-000D93C47836@xcllnt.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-OS: FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner cc: cvs-src@FreeBSD.ORG cc: Mike Silbersack cc: src-committers@FreeBSD.ORG cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/ia64/ia64 machdep.c X-BeenThere: cvs-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the entire tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 06:32:10 -0000 On Tue, Oct 05, 2004 at 08:31:43PM -0700, Marcel Moolenaar wrote.. > On Oct 5, 2004, at 8:09 PM, Mike Silbersack wrote: > > >> Log: > >> Add the Madison II, which is the second generation Madison. The > >>Madison II > >> is model 2 in the Itanium 2 family and has up to 9MB of L3 cache and > >>clocks > >> higher than 1.5Ghz. There's no LV variant AFAICT. > >> > >> Revision Changes Path > >> 1.190 +3 -0 src/sys/ia64/ia64/machdep.c > > > >If I get a quad processor Madison II system, can I boot w/o ram? :) > > Alas, you need at least 8 cpus because we load the kernel at 64MB. A > video > card with at least 32MB can be used as a workaround and gives the > cheapest configuration. > > :-) Interestingly enough this is what we used to repair / diagnose Alpha machines: diag code and/or a special version of the SRM console code was directly loaded via the SROM port into the CPU cache. In that way you could run code with a hosed memory subsystem. W/ -- Wilko Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org