Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:44:23 +0100 From: Michael Searle <searle@longacre.demon.co.uk> To: Michael Kenneth Henry <mhenry@black.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 350 Message-ID: <19990830144423.01574@longacre.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <19990830102409.E8017152BB@hub.freebsd.org>; from Michael Kenneth Henry on Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 08:22:32PM %2B1000 References: <19990830102409.E8017152BB@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 08:22:32PM +1000, Michael Kenneth Henry wrote: > Hi all, > > I just "upgraded" from a Cyrix M2 PR-233 to an AMD K6-2 350. > > However, I'm just wondering if this was an upgrade or a downgrade: the > Cyrix was a 6x86-class chip, whereas the AMD is a 5x86! > > CPU: Cyrix 6x86MX (187.50-MHz 686-class CPU) > Origin = "CyrixInstead" Id = 0x600 Stepping=0 DIR=0x0652 > Features=0x80a135<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,CX8,PGE,CMOV,MMX> > > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (360.00-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12 > Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX> > AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!> > > Can anyone explain this to me? > The K6-2 doesn't support all the features of a Pentium Pro, so code for this processor won't always run on it. It doesn't affect the speed (IIRC there was one fairly fast processor that detected as a 386!) -- searle@longacre.demon.co.uk To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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