Re: AMD K6/3-CPU

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 18 Jul 1999 17:17:55 +0100 (BST)


> This may be a dumb question, but how can we know if the write allocates are
> properly set or not ?

The register is 0 at boot. If the register is untouched then we know the BIOS
didnt understand and we do the work for it

> I asked a related question (about mtrr) on the list a while back and was told
> that the BIOS should manage it for me, which dosen't seem to be the case with my
>
> K6-III (2.2.9, 2.2.10 and 2.3.6).

The BIOS on some intel boards does simple MTRR management. I've seen no K6 bios
that does this

> I can't read the code, but judging from its release date, maybe K6-III isn't
> supported ?

Could be.

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