Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 15:52:25 -0500 (EST) From: Rashid Karimov <rashid@rk.ios.com> To: davidg@Root.COM Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Decent P6/200 Mbs - WHERE ? Message-ID: <199601222052.PAA08226@rk.ios.com> In-Reply-To: <199601221713.JAA16062@Root.COM> from "David Greenman" at Jan 22, 96 09:13:23 am
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> > > So finally we have ASUS's P150 MSs at least in two > > places: on ftp.wcarchive.com and on news.ios.com :) , > > but I think that jkh@ is concerned too with that > > stupid 4.4Mbs limit currently in ASUS P6 MBs ... looks > > like they will start shipping the updated MBs ( carrying > > the fixed version of ORION chipset) only in April ... > > We didn't use the ASUS motherboard. I'm arranging to return it to ASUS. > Intel is loaning us the guts of a P6 SMP server system that has the B0 > stepping of the Orion chipset. We just installed it last Thursday. OK ... then it's just a single P6 ASUS I guess :) . !!! Anyway , do you already run SMP kernel on that motherboard ??? !!! > > > In the meantime ... where can I get some really decent > > P6 Mb ? Preferably on 200Mhz ? I don't like the idea > > of buying the complete system from say Micron or some > > other vendor and it's impossible to get just a MB from them ? > > Can't help you with this. Without Intel's gratious support with the loaner > chassis+motherboard, we wouldn't have been able to do the upgrade. > > > BTW, I got the updated BIOS from ASUS for that infamous > > P6RP4 ... and they claim that it will eliminate that > > bottleneck :))) .. real funny. Can't risk the production system > > now :( - the BIOS update looks like rtaher a tricky and dangerous > > thing to do and frankly it's hard to beleive that it will fix > > that problem > > Interesting...the problem can only be fixed in hardware, so this is > curious. I think this is just a usual sales crap - like "yes we know about it and here's the fix". Anyway - can you folx from wcarchive tell us the exact model name of this motherboard ? How fast/reliable is it ? Size ? Any pecularities ? I know Intel was pushing hard for some new design for P6 MBs ... - I have actually one in my test P6 here . And finally - I already tried wcarchive ... looks great - I was like 500+ user and the thing was giving the data out at 20+ K/sec ! I think the bootleneck was somewhere in my backbone :)
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