IDT Winchip

BROWN Nick (Nick.BROWN@coe.int)
Mon, 10 May 1999 22:50:14 +0200


I just received a new Cyrix MII (for me) and a 200 MHz IDT Winchip (for my
neighbour, who has a single-voltage motherboard).

Checking them out on my system, I found that with the Winchip in place, my
BIOS only detected the first 96 MB of memory in my 128 MB system. Apart
from that, Linux worked like a champ, and I got performance equivalent to a
233 MHz Pentium on my personal chess benchmark (which is no less silly than
bogomips, IMHO).

So, for the CPU gurus:
- Is there any explicit code for the Winchip in Linux ?
- Which processor type group should I compile the kernel for ?
- Any idea why it only saw 96 MB of memory ?
And, does anyone have anything they need checking out for compatibility with
this chip ? I've got cycles to spare...

Nick Brown, Strasbourg, France (Nick(dot)Brown(at)coe(dot)int)

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