Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 09:24:46 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Boisvert <alex@gel.usherb.ca> To: Haider Roland VAI/TAW2 <HaiderRo@linz.vai.co.at> Cc: bsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: pentium != cyrix 6x86 ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95q.971128092247.15722B-100000@teel.info-noire.com> In-Reply-To: <70D6A3FCD8F1CF11A86508002BE74D7932F0B2@mail1.vai.co.at>
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> 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. Which version of FreeBSD are you running? Cyrix Pxxx+ processors are now correctly detected in version 2.2.5 and -stable. There's not inherent problems using an old version of FreeBSD with a Cyrix processor though. (But it won't use Pentium optimizations) Regards, Alex. --- FreeBSD: Decouvrez la puissance de votre PC! www.freebsd.org
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