From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 6 00:26:36 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA24118 for current-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:26:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: from MindBender.HeadCandy.com (root@mindbender.headcandy.com [199.238.225.168]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA23375 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:24:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost.HeadCandy.com (michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1]) by MindBender.HeadCandy.com (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA15897; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 00:23:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199608060723.AAA15897@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> X-Authentication-Warning: MindBender.HeadCandy.com: Host michaelv@localhost.HeadCandy.com [127.0.0.1] didn't use HELO protocol To: Khetan Gajjar cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch to recognize AMD 5x86 cpus In-reply-to: Your message of Sat, 06 Aug 96 09:17:02 +0200. Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 00:23:12 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >> Furthermore, the Cyrix 6x86 is just a souped-up Pentium, in spite of >> what their marketing department wants to call it. If there is only an >> I686_CPU target in the kernel, I would expect that not to run on a >> Cyrix 6x86. >No, with only a I586_CPU target in the kernel, the machine won't boot - >can't determine CPU type or something to that effect. Then this is a "bug" (or more accurately, an unhandled case). I _WOULD_ expect it to run a Cyrix 6x86 with only I586_CPU, and to _NOT_ run with only I486_CPU. As I stated above (and I think you also asserted), it also should _NOT_ work with only I686_CPU, which at this point, would only cover the "Pentium Pro". I take it we're saying the same thing in different ways. :-) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@HeadCandy.com --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... Roll your own Internet access -- Seattle People's Internet cooperative. If you're in the Seattle area, ask me how. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------