Hi Loren,

>From the meetings we had with IBM the IFL speed will remain at 192 mips. The basic 
>difference between a CP engine and an IFL engine is that the microcode for the IFL 
>engine is modified to only except Linux workloads not "legacy" stuff. If there is 
>more magic at the hardware level it was not revealed in our meetings...

Regards,

Bill Stermer
EDS - City of Anaheim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Loren Charnley, Jr. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: March 06, 2003 11:20 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: IFL speed.
> 
> 
> I hate to sound stupid but due to age it will be OK.  We have 
> just started
> installing a z800 which has an IFL engine that is rated at 
> 192 MIPS and a
> standard engine rated at 80 MIPS.  Are you saying that the 
> IFL speed will
> revert to 80 MIPS on this box?  If so, then I have been duped 
> big time by
> IBM.
> 
> Loren Charnley, Jr.
> Tech Support Administrator
> Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
> Phone:  (704) 847-6961 Ext. 2000
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Rich Smrcina [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:21 PM
> > To:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject:      Re: IFL speed.
> >
> > They are supposed to be the same speed as the other 
> engines.  Except in
> > the
> > case of the MP3000, which has a full speed IFL (as opposed 
> to the H30
> > engine
> > which is half speed)
> >
> > On Thursday 06 March 2003 11:04 am, you wrote:
> > > Hello all,
> > >
> > > Are IFL engines slowed down compared to a GP engine?
> > >
> > > Phil
> >
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