Re: MPS version

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 9 Nov 1999 18:52:51 +0000 (GMT)


> common with the advent of cheap dual celeron boards. The very popular
> BP6 has a similar problem... *and* if you enable MPS 1.4 on it you get
> exactly half the memory throughput (aherick confirmed I wasn't smoking
> something:).
>
> What does MPS 1.4 buy you anyway?

Not a great deal actually. You can download the specification from intel.com
for free if you are curious.

The half memory throughput thing sounds like a BIOS bug. I don't think its
an MP spec thing 8)

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