Subject: Re: poor performances on cyrix 6x86
To: Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com <michaelv@HeadCandy.com>
From: None <grefen@carpe.net>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/28/1996 14:17:48
In message <199606280432.VAA06006@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" wrote:
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> >> > The 6x86P150+ should be called "6x86P100-" :)
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> >> Are you sure that the caches are recognized and set the same with
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> >Hum, are the caches enabled/disabled by the bios, or NetBSD ?
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> Should be by the BIOS, or not at all! :-)
If the cyrix chip is probed a 486DLC the caches are not enabled
in locore.s unless CYRIX_CACHE_WORKS and CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS are enabled !!
Stefan
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