Subject: Re: NetBSD/i386 processor recommendation
To: William O Ferry <WOFerry+@CMU.EDU>
From: Darren Reed <darrenr@cyber.com.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/06/1997 10:50:10
In some mail I received from William O Ferry, sie wrote
>
> BTW, I assume there would be no point in considering a MMX Pentium
> for NetBSD, correct? Are there any performance enhancements to the
> general processor, or is the presence of the MMX functions the only
> difference?
Level-1 cache is twice the size on an MMX, compared to normal Pentium
(so you get better performance even if no MMX is used).
Darren