Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 13:34:38 -0600 (CST) From: mikebo@tellabs.com To: questions@freebsd.org, hackers@freebsd.org Cc: mikebo (Mike Borowiec) Subject: Triton-II support... when? Message-ID: <199603051934.NAA02303@sunc210.tellabs.com>
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Greetings - I understand that the new Triton-II chipset will be making its debut on system boards around the end of March. I've heard it will provide for an ~5% memory access speed gain, plus concurrent access to PCI and ISA busses (whatever that buys me). Perhaps someone else can explain these things better than I, and put the purported benefits of Triton-II into perspective for us non-chipset-savvy buyers. I was about to upgrade a 486/50 to a 133Mhz Endevour. My questions are: o What will Triton-II really buy me? o Is it worth a 4-6 week wait for Triton-II main boards to arrive? o Will FreeBSD 2.1-RELEASE boot/run on Triton-II main boards as-is? o If not, how long will it be before Triton-II support is added to the FreeBSD kernel? Any comments welcome... Thanks! - Mike -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Borowiec - mikebo@tellabs.com - Tellabs Operations Inc. Senior Member of Technical Staff 4951 Indiana Avenue, MS 63 708-512-8211 FAX: 708-512-7099 Lisle, IL 60532 USA --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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