From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 31 15:51:29 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA04848 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:51:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gravy.kishka.net (dyn-32.blackbox-2.netaxs.com [207.106.60.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA04841 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 15:51:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bleez@netaxs.com) Received: from gravy.kishka.net (root@gravy.kishka.net [10.0.0.1]) by gravy.kishka.net (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA00208; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 18:51:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from bleez@netaxs.com) Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 18:51:08 -0500 (EST) From: Bryan Liesner To: Alan Knell cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 CPU In-Reply-To: <01be04d6$24a0e830$d22e989e@mastigo4.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 31 Oct 1998, Alan Knell wrote: <> Hello FreeBSD, <> How best should I enter a Cyrix 6x86 in the cpu "cpu_type" in the kernel <> configuration file? <> Thank you. <> Alan Knell <> That depends on the 6x86. My 6x86 PR166 had to be set up as: cpu "I486_CPU" I upgraded to a 6x86MX PR266, left my settings the same and the kernel panicked at boot time. Works fine with: cpu "I686_CPU". I love the way those Cyrix's run - a lot of bang for the buck. ----------------------------------------- | Bryan D. Liesner LeezSoft Inc. | ----------------------------------------- | Powered by FreeBSD Composed with vi | ----------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message