Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 10:57:57 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Penisoara Adrian <ady@warpnet.ro>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: "ALi/ALADDIN 4+" chipset ?!? Message-ID: <19980312105757.21044@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310105024.4029A-100000@ady.warpnet.ro>; from Penisoara Adrian on Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 10:54:46AM %2B0200 References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980310105024.4029A-100000@ady.warpnet.ro>
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On Tue, 10 March 1998 at 10:54:46 +0200, Penisoara Adrian wrote: > Hi, > > I've heard of a motherboard with this "ALi/ALADDIN 4+" chipset and > wondered wether this would cause troubles -- is it compatible with the > Intel TX chipset how they claim ? Well, in fact I'd say "vive la différence". It has the great advantage of being able to cache up to 512 MB of memory, depending on the tag RAM. The TX maxes out at 64 MB. You should check the tag RAM, though (a small chip with the inscription xx129, xx256 or xx257). You need at least two of them to cache more than 64 MB. Also, the Aladdin 4+ is about 3% slower than the TX with 512 kB cache, and fractionally faster with 1 MB. > Does FreeBSD have any special driver code for this chipset ? No. Drivers are for peripherals. The "chipset" is logically part of the CPU. > Thank you very much, sorry for polluting the list with this kind > of questions... I wouldn't call it pollution. That's what the list's for. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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