Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 11:40:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Annelise Anderson <andrsn@andrsn.stanford.edu> To: Paul Lopez <lopez@iprimus.com.au> Cc: freeBSD Newbies <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Recompiling kernel for Cyrix 6x86 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10109291139100.54552-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> In-Reply-To: <002101c148a7$c9aab230$0100a8c0@pc1>
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On Sat, 29 Sep 2001, Paul Lopez wrote: > I have a Cyrix 6x86 and was wondering if i could compile a kernel that identifies the cpu correctly. I always thought 6x86 was equivalent to a pentium (aka I586_CPU), but when the kernel loads, it hangs.... (unidentified cpu or something)... > > Any hints would be appreciated, > > Thanks, > Paul. > Boot kernel.GENERIC, which is on your hard drive by default, and see what it found, with dmesg | grep CPU. Then include that one in the kernel. Annelise -- Annelise Anderson Author of: FreeBSD: An Open-Source Operating System for Your PC Available from: mall.daemonnews.org and amazon.com Book Website: http://www.bittreepress.com/FreeBSD/introbook/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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