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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!olivea!quack!quack.kfu.com!nsayer From: nsayer@quack.kfu.com (Nick Sayer) Subject: Re: SMP Support? Message-ID: <nriCqqB@quack.kfu.com> Sender: news@quack.kfu.com (0000-News(0000)) Organization: The Duck Pond public unix, +1 408 249 9630, log in as guest. References: <01bb580b.87029ac0$1222fdcd@xenotech.mcs.net> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 05:37:27 UTC Lines: 21 "Chris" <xcs@mcs.com> writes: >I am also using a caching Hardrive controller ( buslogic IDE ) it includes >SCO driver. >Will these work with Free BSD? There was an excellent post about this a while ago... Is it part of the FAQ? The basic upshot is that caching controllers are a lousy idea in general. You would do far better to just put all of the memory on the motherboard and let the CPU have it. The OS can generally do a much better job deciding how to manage the cache than the card can by itself, simply because the OS has access to far more information about the state of the machine. -- Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> | Nietzche Pops N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NORCAL.CA.USA.NOAM | +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | The Überbreakfast URL: http://www.kfu.com/~nsayer/ |