On 27 Dec, this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] echoed through cyberspace:
> too bad there isn't a kernel driver to enable the cache on those cards
> at boot up under debian, cuz then you wouldn't need bootx, you'd be
> able to quik ;).
There is, actually. You can specify an l2cr value on the kernel command
line. Here is mine on my G3-upgraded 7600:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/cmdline
root=/dev/sda4 console=ttyS0 l2cr=0xa9000000 console=tty0 video=scrollback:64k
video=controlfb: video=matrox:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You can also have a look at this page for more info (it's a bit outdated
by mostly still relevant):
http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan/linux/dev/g3upgrade.html
Cheers
Michel
PS By the way, I suppose you're talking about L2 (level 2) cache, not
L3? And I also think it's worth a benchmark removing the old L2 cache
DIMM on the motherboard...
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