Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 06:15:34 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" <mrm@Mole.ORG> To: khetan@iafrica.com, michaelv@HeadCandy.com Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Patch to recognize AMD 5x86 cpus Message-ID: <199608061315.GAA25825@meerkat.mole.org>
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> > 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. That's because a Cyrix 6x86 identifies as (from dmesg) CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU) That's a Cyrix 6x86 running at 120MHz true clock. An AMD 586/133 identifies as CPU: i486DX (486-class CPU) also. -- Mike Murphy mrm@Mole.ORG +1 619 598 5874 Better is the enemy of Good
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