Clarification would be nice...
Could someone please tell me if there are ANY documented accelerators which work in L2 cache slots which are supposed to be "enabled" after the machine has begun booting and has loaded a specific extension for that accelerator?
I've heard people talk about them, and I've even had someone from Sonnet tech support refuse to replace an accelerator under warranty because he said this is the way it worked even though the new accelerator was replacing an older accelerator which took over at poweron.
I've never found actual documentation nor read about them online; it seems MUCH easier to have the main processor float than have the main processor load part of the OS, then get halted, then have the G3 (or perhaps G4) start up. On the other hand, if someone could point me to something, I'd love to know about it.
Could someone please tell me if there are ANY documented accelerators which work in L2 cache slots which are supposed to be "enabled" after the machine has begun booting and has loaded a specific extension for that accelerator?
I've heard people talk about them, and I've even had someone from Sonnet tech support refuse to replace an accelerator under warranty because he said this is the way it worked even though the new accelerator was replacing an older accelerator which took over at poweron.
I've never found actual documentation nor read about them online; it seems MUCH easier to have the main processor float than have the main processor load part of the OS, then get halted, then have the G3 (or perhaps G4) start up. On the other hand, if someone could point me to something, I'd love to know about it.