Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 08:04:58 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@MARMOT.Mole.ORG> To: Eloy.Paris@ven.ra.rockwell.com, hardware@FreeBSD.org, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: (correction) FreeBSD works with Cy486DLC processors? Message-ID: <199606181504.IAA19813@meerkat.mole.org>
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> Hi. > > >My microprocessor is a Cyrix Cy486DLC running at a mother board clock rate of > >33 MHz and an internal clock rate of 100 MHz. > > My apologies: my microprocessor IS NOT a 486DLC, it's a 486DX4. Some people > out there have pointed that out (thank you guys). > > I should have believed to what is written on top of the microprocessor and > not to what the kernel says: > > FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #2: Mon Jun 17 12:22:05 AST 1996 > eparis@skynet.ven.ra.rockwell.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/SKYNET > CPU: Cy486DLC (486-class CPU) > Origin = "Cyrix" > Drop the clock from 33MHz to 25MHz, reenable the internal cache, and see if the stability improves. I've encountered 2 Cyrix CPU's that were unstable at the speed marked on the chip. -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good
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