Enable 512kb cache on T bred's.

AAlcHemY

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AMD Athlon XP processors Model 10 with 256KB of L2 cache appeared on the horizon sometimes after the launch of Barton in the first quarter of the year. The chips were based on the Barton design with disabled 256KB of L2 and a bit lowered speeds compared to the high-end AMD CPUs. Due to the fact that the devices essentially utilize “Bartonâ€￾ core, but have only 256KB of L2, just like the “Thoroughbredâ€￾ microprocessors, the AMD Athlon XP Model 10 with 256KB of L2 are generally recognized under the “Thortonâ€￾ CPUs.
 
AAlcHemY said:
Xbit labs

AMD Athlon XP processors Model 10 with 256KB of L2 cache appeared on the horizon sometimes after the launch of Barton in the first quarter of the year. The chips were based on the Barton design with disabled 256KB of L2 and a bit lowered speeds compared to the high-end AMD CPUs. Due to the fact that the devices essentially utilize “Bartonâ€￾ core, but have only 256KB of L2, just like the “Thoroughbredâ€￾ microprocessors, the AMD Athlon XP Model 10 with 256KB of L2 are generally recognized under the “Thortonâ€￾ CPUs.

The topic is misleading, as "Thortons" use different cores than Tbreds.
Anyway, it's great way to save some money, but imho Duron 64kB -> 256kB is lot better.
I wonder when/if AMD is going to hard lock those things, like Intel does
 
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