Quoting Uwe Hermann uwe@hermann-uwe.de:
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 10:24:05AM -0400, joe@smittys.pointclark.net wrote:
- Are you sure the L2 cache is enabled? Check 'dmesg', IIRC this is not done for most Intel chipsets yet (?) Also, you can run x86info or cpuinfo for more info, I think.
CPU: After generic identify, caps: 0383f9ff 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 CPU: L1 I cache: 16K, L1 D cache: 16K CPU: L2 cache: 256K
Hm, interesting. I wonder how this can work. Or maybe the kernel just "knows" that this CPU should have 256KB cache, but didn't actually check whether it's enabled? Or, well, maybe it's on by default and cannot be disabled at all on this CPU? Need to check some datasheets.
Various Pentium II/III CPUs I tried on 440BX boards did not have their L2 cache initialized when I last checked, so I'm surprised this seems to work here...
Really? It seems to work fine on this board, have you tried any socket 370's? Maybe it is just an issue with slot 1's?
Btw, can you post a full boot log (coreboot + Linux) here for reference?
Do you want me to send it to the list, or post it on the wiki??
To the list, just attach it to your next mail. You can then link to the list archive in the wiki then, if you want.
Will do as soon as I get a chance. So I added a hardware section with two pics, does that look ok?
Thanks - Joe