Level 2 cache activation code?

[ron minnich]

On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Svante Signell wrote:

> i) Does this code work for 440BX motherboards?

it's processor-dependent, 440bx or not is not an issue.

> ii) Is it possible to extract this code and try out after the kernel has
> booted (slowly), to verify my assumption?

yes, we tested it that way. You can try it. 

> iii) Is there some other tool available for cache activation?

Not sure.

> iv) One interesting continuation would be to try to replace the MSI
> (AMI) BIOS with linuxbios, but as a first step I think this would be a
> little risky.

well, so far, given the track record of many of these BIOSes, I'm not sure 
how risky that is ...

ron