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Date:      Thu, 30 Sep 1999 00:35:15 +0100
From:      Ben Smithurst <ben@scientia.demon.co.uk>
To:        chris@tourneyland.com
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Quick Kernel Config Question
Message-ID:  <19990930003515.C10799@lithium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.19990929005320.008bddb0@mail.9netave.net>
References:  <3.0.6.32.19990929005320.008bddb0@mail.9netave.net>

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chris@tourneyland.com wrote:

> (it was tempting to begin all those subject lne words with Q's . . .)
> 
> Does anyone know what CPU type to use for an AMD K6/2? I'm not sure whether
> it'd be I586_CPU or I686_CPU, and neitehr the Handbook nor LINT is telling me.

Did you try compiling all four types in and looking at dmesg output?

CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (350.80-MHz 586-class CPU)
                                         ^^^
I trust that answers your question. :-)

(Yes, I know someone else has already answered, but an answer telling
you *how* to find out what you need to know is generally more useful
than one just telling you the answer.)

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