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Date:      Mon, 30 Aug 2004 09:57:55 -0700
From:      Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
To:        des@des.no (Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?q?Sm=F8rgrav?=)
Cc:        cvs-src@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/sys/conf NOTES
Message-ID:  <200408300957.55509.peter@wemm.org>
In-Reply-To: <xzp6571rcqo.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <200408291052.i7TAqeYA052308@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040829175021.GB41269@dragon.nuxi.com> <xzp6571rcqo.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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On Sunday 29 August 2004 12:00 pm, Dag-Erling Sm=F8rgrav wrote:
> "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> writes:
> > Could it also be Intel Xeon CT[*]?  And thus amd64 also?
>
> It's really chipset-dependent, not processor-dependent.  Will EM64T-
> enabled P4s or Xeons run on ICH motherboards?

Intel use the same programming interface on their newer chipsets, that=20
happen to support their 64-bit enabled cpus.

And for amusement value, the amd64 8111 chipset provides an=20
ich-compatable AC97 interface..
peter@overcee[9:56am]~/fbp4/hammer/sys/dev/sound/pci-106> grep 8111 *
ich.c:          device_set_desc(dev, "AMD-8111");

=2D-=20
Peter Wemm - peter@wemm.org; peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com
"All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5



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