From: walterm@iat.holonet.net (Walter D. Montalvo) Subject: Re: 486 with 33 Mhz and 16Mb or 50 Mhz and 8Mb? Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1993 01:29:09 GMT
bir7@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ross Biro) writes:
: In article <730112770snz@wise.demon.co.uk> simon@wise.demon.co.uk writes:
: >
: >No one in this thread has mentioned the bus whether LOCAL/ISA or EISA
: >is best suited for Linux. I'd certainly appreciate more info as this
: >would help me decide what to upgarde my 386/25 to.
: >
: >Regards Simon
:
: EISA and Local Bus are NOT mutually exclusive. If you've got the
: money, you should get a LOCAL/EISA motherboard. That way you've got
: full 32bit bus mastering EISA slots which can use ISA cards, and you
: also get the High Speed LOCAL bus interface.
:
: Ross Biro bir7@leland.stanford.edu
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Wait a minute. Reading the original posting it was obvious there were
money limitations. Also I recall reading in some FAQ that Linux
wont take advantage of the EISA board.
Can anyone clarify why EISA is not being used by Linux?
This is a question that probably belongs in comp.windows.x.i386unix but,
does having local bus improve your X performance using Xfree?
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