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Date:      Wed, 5 Nov 1997 06:45:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      Bob K <melange@europa.humberc.on.ca>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: memory out of range??? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971105064301.1203E-100000@europa.humberc.on.ca>
In-Reply-To: <199711051107.VAA00275@word.smith.net.au>

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On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Mike Smith wrote:

> >
> > One minor problem (not related to the bounce problem): P-II processors
> > don't cache above 512MB.
> 
> Is this addressed by the (rumoured?) PII's with 1024K caches?

I could be wrong about this, but I thought that the amount of memory that
is cachable is dependant upon the chipset that the motherboard is using,
rather than the processor itself.  Or is this different now that the L2
cache is located in the chip (cartridge)?




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