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From"Andrew E. Mileski" <>
SubjectRe: OFFTOPIC: Pentium 4MB pages in PPro/AMD/Cyrix?
DateSat, 4 Jan 1997 05:07:14 -0500 (EST)
> Being a supporter of the clones, and being unable to code a test case
> right now, I ask the gurus: Is this 4MB page stuff part of Intel's
> infamous "Appendix H"?

Yes.

> Is it supported on the PPro/Cyrix 6x86/AMD
> K{5,6}? Does Intel guarantee support of it in future?

It is _documented_ on PPro. See the Intel web site for the PPro
manuals (I asked Intel to make them available, and voila! :-)

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Andrew E. Mileski   mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net
Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/
XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html

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