Re: x86 36-bit support easier with Xeon?

Chris Wedgwood (chris@cybernet.co.nz)
Tue, 7 Jul 1998 11:11:07 +1200


On Mon, Jul 06, 1998 at 10:48:34PM +0000, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>
> They do, but it's an extension, and most cards don't support them it
> seems.

Don't the funky cluster fiber connector cards in the Alphas support 64-bit
address space?

I also had a funny feeling some of the newer IO cards were going this way,
mostly for using with the UltraSparc.

The Adaptec 64-bit stuff is only 64-bit data which seems more useful for
marketing than anything else.... (unless you really are saturating you PCI
bus with SCSI transfers).

-Chris

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