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List:       linux-smp
Subject:    Re: Memory Bandwidth Question
From:       Qiru Zhou <qzhou () research ! bell-labs ! com>
Date:       2000-05-22 23:51:20
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I don't think 440FX do interleave of memory. So it doesn't matter.

-- QZ

> "Prophete J. Charles" wrote:
> 
> I am sure this question has been asked before, but here goes.  On an Intel 440FX \
> dual Pentium pro motherboard, what would be the best configuration for 128MB of \
> RAM? Since the board has 4 banks, would it be better to: a - have 4 banks all \
> populated with 32MB each b - have 2 banks populated with 64MB each
> Now this would be for smp kernel 2.2.xx
> 
> The real question is what is the memory bandwidth of a 440FX chipset. I know for my \
> DEC alpha machine, due to the larger memory bandwidth, the best configuration is \
> (a), but for this machine, I don't know. 
> Prophete J. Charles
> 
> 

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