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From: Mariusz Potocki <potok@friko.onet.pl>
To: Haider Roland  VAI/TAW2 <HaiderRo@linz.vai.co.at>
Subject: RE: pentium != cyrix 6x86 ?
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On 28-Nov-97 Haider Roland  VAI/TAW2 wrote:
>hi,
>iīm running freebsd 2.2.2 on a cyrix 6x86 p166+ which i thought should
>be a pentium compatible processor.
>but after recompiling the kernel with cpu=586 it didnīt boot and told me
>instead that i donīt have a 586 type cpu.
>using now cpu=486 works just fine, but does anybody know why cpu=586
>didnīt work? i couldnīt find anything in the faq.
>
>thanks, roland

IIRC only 2.2.5 and higher correctly recognize cyrix CPUs.
I run 2.2.1 Release on 6x86 p150+ and it's also reported as i486DX.

Mariusz

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