From owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 17 15:37:31 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3C7A516A4CE for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:37:31 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mh1.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8038943D5C for ; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:37:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Received: from [10.177.171.220] (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) by mh1.centtech.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id iAHFbTxd024864; Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:37:29 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) Message-ID: <419B7032.1000803@centtech.com> Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 09:37:22 -0600 From: Eric Anderson User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD i386; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20041110 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Gautherot, Olivier" References: <89872B87AA15344B9FB8190E7C7B99BDA42423@svr-frp-exc-02.mgc.mentorg.com> In-Reply-To: <89872B87AA15344B9FB8190E7C7B99BDA42423@svr-frp-exc-02.mgc.mentorg.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.80/588/Sun Nov 14 18:06:21 2004 clamav-milter version 0.80j on mh1.centtech.com X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VIA processors? X-BeenThere: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Documentation project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:37:31 -0000 Gautherot, Olivier wrote: > Hi! > > I just had a quick look at the release notes for 5.3 and did not see the > VIA processors in the supported list. > Is it on purpose or did you forget about them? They come from Cyrix so > they should be listed, I think... Yes, they are supported. No changes needed to any of the FreeBSD versions. The VIA processors are fully x86 compatible, and are considered 'drop in' replacements for Intel's equivalent parts. Cyrix is long gone, VIA is the parent company that sells them - Centaur Technology (the company I work for) designs them. It probably should be added to the list though. :) Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish. ------------------------------------------------------------------