From owner-freebsd-current Tue Aug 6 06:18:55 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA18235 for current-outgoing; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 06:18:55 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mole.mole.org (marmot.mole.org [204.216.57.191]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA18228 for ; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 06:18:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mole.mole.org (8.6.12/8.6.12) id NAA03181; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 13:15:56 GMT Received: from meerkat.mole.org(206.197.192.110) by mole.mole.org via smap (V1.3) id sma003177; Tue Aug 6 13:15:35 1996 Received: (from mrm@localhost) by meerkat.mole.org (8.6.11/8.6.9) id GAA25825; Tue, 6 Aug 1996 06:15:34 -0700 Date: Tue, 6 Aug 1996 06:15:34 -0700 From: "M.R.Murphy" Message-Id: <199608061315.GAA25825@meerkat.mole.org> To: khetan@iafrica.com, michaelv@HeadCandy.com Subject: Re: Patch to recognize AMD 5x86 cpus Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org 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. 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