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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!news.uoregon.edu!news.u.washington.edu!news.alt.net!news.serv.net!solaris.cc.vt.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!andrews-cc!gillham From: gillham@andrews.edu (Andrew Gillham) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: amd processors Date: 15 Dec 1995 21:45:14 GMT Organization: Andrews University Lines: 17 Message-ID: <4asq9a$n4k@orion.cc.andrews.edu> References: <4alg6c$fvf@thrush.sover.net> <MICHAELV.95Dec14224343@mindbender.headcandy.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: edmund.cs.andrews.edu In article <MICHAELV.95Dec14224343@mindbender.headcandy.com> michaelv@MindBender.HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon) writes: > >AMD processors work exactly the same as Intel processors of the same >generation, given any specific motherboard. Unfortunately I have to disagree with you Michael. Definitely wasn't the case with an AMD DX4/100 and my ASUS SP3G. I did finally track the problem down to needing to disable some of the CPU->PCI write buffering, _but_ my Intel CPU didn't need it disabled. YMMV. -Andrew -- ============================ Real 32bit multi-tasking UN*X System Andrew Gillham | TCP/IP,NFS,PPP,4.4BSD-lite,multi-user gillham@andrews.edu | i386,sparc,alpha,mac68k,amiga,others LAN/WAN/NW/UN*X specialist | ---> http://www.NetBSD.org <---