From owner-freebsd-current Mon Jan 26 09:41:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id JAA22903 for current-outgoing; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:41:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from obiwan.TerraNova.net (root@obiwan.TerraNova.net [209.4.59.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA22881 for ; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 09:41:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bofh@terranova.net) Received: from guenhwyvar.TerraNova.net (tog@guenhwyvar.TerraNova.net [209.4.59.4]) by obiwan.TerraNova.net (8.8.8/TNN/3.0) with SMTP id MAA13082; Mon, 26 Jan 1998 12:37:16 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <34CCC9EB.6@terranova.net> Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 12:37:47 -0500 From: Travis Mikalson X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.03 (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Manuel Bouyer CC: port-i386@netbsd.org, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD k6 and > 32Mb RAM References: <199801261707.SAA07023@chassiron.ensta.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Manuel Bouyer wrote: > > Hi, > Does anybody know if a K6 can run with 64Mb (or more) of RAM ? I've heard that > there was a silicon bug in the earlier K6 that would make it not manage > properly the RAM, but I don't know if it has been fixed. > > Thanks ... I'm currently running a K6/233 w/ 128 megs of EDO in my proxy server. It's been working great so far under the light load; 20 day uptime at the moment. (Running FreeBSD) I got the chip a few months ago, I believe it was manufactured some time in 5/97 Perhaps you're thinking of the Intel 430FX, VX and TX chipsets which have a limitation in which the L2 cache is disabled when more than 64 megs of RAM is used? Just get a very big heatsink and fan for it and keep it ventilated and it should be fine. (heat grease is a good idea, too) -T -- TerraNovaNet Internet Services - Key Largo, FL Voice: (305)453-4011 Fax: (305)451-5991 http://www.terranova.net/ ---------------------------------------------- Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, and a dark side, and it holds the universe together ... -- Carl Zwanzig