Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 12:26:09 +0100 From: se@freebsd.org (Stefan Esser) To: tinguely@plains.nodak.edu (Mark Tinguely) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FYI: P6 configure (from news) Message-ID: <Mutt.19970109122609.se@x14.mi.uni-koeln.de> In-Reply-To: <199701082319.RAA28628@plains.nodak.edu>; from Mark Tinguely on Jan 8, 1997 17:19:27 -0600 References: <199701082319.RAA28628@plains.nodak.edu>
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On Jan 8, tinguely@plains.nodak.edu (Mark Tinguely) wrote: > taken from news: > ------------- > > From: Andrew Vanderstock <ajv@greebo.svhm.org.au> > Subject: P6 PCI enabler (Was: Re: 3D MUCH FASTER THAN MATROX) > Date: Wed, 08 Jan 1997 21:21:50 +1100 > Organization: St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne > Message-ID: <32D3753E.25EE@greebo.svhm.org.au> > > I'm working on a P6 "enabler" which will enable write combining and > setup the fastest possible MTTR setup for unixes pretty much > automatically. It will also have a "danger! danger!" PCI write posting > option for the Orion and will automatically enable PCI write posting for > all 440FX Natoma's. It will be for free unixes (Linux first, others when > they test it out :-) and source will be provided. SMP support will > probably be a 1.1 revision, as all processors have to run the same MTRR > config and I don't have a SMP machine to test it with. I will look at the code when it is released, and will integrate it into the FreeBSD PCI code ... Regards, STefanhelp
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