From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Aug 30 7:21:48 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from longacre.demon.co.uk (longacre.demon.co.uk [158.152.156.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 76D7D15244 for ; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 07:21:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from searle@longacre.demon.co.uk) Received: (from searle@localhost) by longacre.demon.co.uk (8.9.3/8.9.3) id OAA02146; Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:44:23 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from searle) Message-ID: <19990830144423.01574@longacre.demon.co.uk> Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 14:44:23 +0100 From: Michael Searle To: Michael Kenneth Henry , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: AMD K6-2 350 Mail-Followup-To: Michael Kenneth Henry , freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org References: <19990830102409.E8017152BB@hub.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <19990830102409.E8017152BB@hub.freebsd.org>; from Michael Kenneth Henry on Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 08:22:32PM +1000 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 > > CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D processor (360.00-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "AuthenticAMD" Id = 0x58c Stepping = 12 > Features=0x8021bf > AMD Features=0x80000800 > > 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