[SunRescue] help with CPU ID

Bjrn Ramqvist brt at osk.sema.se
Fri Sep 17 04:41:40 CDT 1999


James Lockwood wrote:
> 
> The other reason that using SM41's in a SS20 isn't such a hot idea is that
> they slow the mbus from 50MHz to 40MHz, losing the primary advantage of
> the SS20 over the SS10.  A faster CPU (SM50, SM61 or up but not the SM51)
> will give a greater boost than you might expect as CPU to motherboard
> bandwidth will go up by 25%.

So what's the story with the 4/600 and MBus speeds?
Since we almost always compare the 4/600 with SS10, it covers the same
problem, 40MHz MBus?
What will happen if I put in, say dual SM61 or SM51... will they run
slower than on the SS20 with 50MHz MBus?


	/Regards, Bjorn






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