Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:54:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: Thomas Arnold <tom@inna.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Non-Intels Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970718204901.29226B-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970718043900.26015C-100000@caught.inna.net>
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On Fri, 18 Jul 1997, Thomas Arnold wrote: > On Thu, 17 Jul 1997, Howard Lew wrote: > > > by default, no flags were set for the npx. Setting the flags (0x7) > > brings memory speed up (this is true for the K6 too). > > Where are these flags being added? on the npx device in the kernel > config? I've been using a K6 since my rep at FAI sold me a prerelease > one. Was happy to buy it for $240 and then see it rise to $300 for a > couple weeks. :-) These npx flags can be added to your custom kernel /sys/i386/conf. Actually, I meant to take them out and see if that would do anything although it sounded like I said to put the 0x7 in. Anyway, putting it in does boost memory speed quite a bit. i.e. device npx0 at isa? port "IO_NPX" flags 0x7 irq 13 vector npxintr Not sure if putting those flags will cause compatibility problems though because if you only have your cpu defined as: cpu "I586_CPU" does the system expect to be able to use that Pentium compatible code... Then again, I don't know because I am not a Pentium expert. > Thanks. anytime... > > +-----------------------------------------------+ > : Tom Arnold - No relation to Rosanne : > : SysAdmin/Pres - TBI, Ltd ( inna.net ) : > : The Middle Peninsula's Internet Connection : > +-----------------------------------------------+ > >
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