Re: MPS version

Andre Hedrick (andre@suse.com)
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 20:51:37 -0800 (PST)


Alan is on to something there.
That is why there is REV 2 of the mainboard (new artwork/lanes).

Andre Hedrick
The Linux IDE guy

On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Alan Cox wrote:

> > common with the advent of cheap dual celeron boards. The very popular
> > BP6 has a similar problem... *and* if you enable MPS 1.4 on it you get
> > exactly half the memory throughput (aherick confirmed I wasn't smoking
> > something:).
> >
> > What does MPS 1.4 buy you anyway?
>
> Not a great deal actually. You can download the specification from intel.com
> for free if you are curious.
>
> The half memory throughput thing sounds like a BIOS bug. I don't think its
> an MP spec thing 8)
>
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