Hello
Just got my K6-2+ 500Mhz [well, it's in my aging FIC PA-2007 motherboard
so it is underclocked to 450Mhz].
In any case, the bios doesn't know to turn on write allocation, so here's
a one-line patch to do this.
Also, a /proc/cpuinfo for those who are interested.
Vince
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--- linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c.old Wed Aug 2 19:39:24 2000
+++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/setup.c Wed Aug 2 19:41:58 2000
@@ -904,7 +904,7 @@
}
break;
}
- if (c->x86_model == 8 || c->x86_model == 9)
+ if (c->x86_model == 8 || c->x86_model == 9 || c->x86_model == 13)
{
/* The more serious chips .. */
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 5
model : 13
model name : AMD-K6(tm)-III Processor
stepping : 4
cpu MHz : 450.012483
cache size : 128 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
sep_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep pge mmx 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips : 897.84
-
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