Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 7 May 1996 22:47:02 -0400 (EDT) | From | Kevin M Bealer <> | Subject | Re: > 64 MB of RAM |
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On Sat, 4 May 1996, Kevin Buettner wrote:
> Memory prices seem to be falling and I am contemplating buying more > memory. > > In Documentation/Configure.help, it says the following: > > : Limit memory to low 16MB > : CONFIG_MAX_16M (clip) > : sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO. You also need at least 512kB > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > : of RAM cache if you have more than 64MB of RAM. Some other things > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > : to try when experiencing seemingly random, "weird" problems: 1) (clip) > > Is the line about needing a 512kB cache true? > > In theory, my motherboard can hold up to 128MB of memory, yet I am > fairly certain that I am limited to a 256kB cache. (I have a Plato > motherboard.) > > Kevin
I have a motherboard which has 8MB with an 8KB internal CPU cache, with a 486(DX)33... right now I have 16.59 Bogomips, and I have another 8MB SIMM ordered... How much of a speed hit from undercaching should I expect? What is a good "main_memory/cache" ratio?
__kmb203@psu.edu_________________________Debian__1.1___Linux__1.3.97___ So you think you know the real meaning of fear? Yeah, you think you do know, but I doubt it. When you sit in a shelter with bombs falling all over. And the houses around you are burning like torches. I agree that you experience horror and fright For such moments are dreadful, for as long as they last, But the all-clear sounds--then it's okay-- | -- Ilya Selvinskiy You take a deep breath, the stress has passed by. | (Taken from "The Sum But real fear is a stone deep down in your chest. | of All Fears" by You hear me? A stone. That's what it is, no more. | Tom Clancy pg. 182.)
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