From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Jan 3 00:18:12 1996 Return-Path: owner-hardware Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id AAA21192 for hardware-outgoing; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 00:18:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from pancake.remcomp.fr (root@pancake.remcomp.fr [194.51.30.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id AAA21177 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 00:17:44 -0800 (PST) Received: (from didier@localhost) by zapata.omnix.fr.org (8.6.12/8.6.9) id LAA01253; Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:07:46 +0100 Date: Wed, 3 Jan 1996 11:07:46 +0100 (MET) From: didier@omnix.fr.org To: "Mel Lester Jr." cc: richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk, hardware@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: AMD processors In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I never had any problem with this processor. I ran AMD 486DX4-100 for two month and now I run an AMD 486DX4-120. make world works perfectly in less than 12 hours -- Didier Derny | My computer is Microsoft Free and Bug Free didier@aida.org | I'm running FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE On Tue, 2 Jan 1996, Mel Lester Jr. wrote: > > On Tue, 2 Jan 1996 richard@cogsci.ed.ac.uk wrote: > > > Can anyone confirm that FreeBSD (2.0.5 or 2.1) runs on AMD DX4-100 and/or > > AMD DX4-120 processors (without having to disable the cache or anything > > similar)? Anything special I should look out for when buying a motherboard? > > > > *Please reply directly, I'm not on this list!* > > > > Thanks, > > Richard > > > > > > I have been using FreeBSD 2.0.5 with a 3 volt AMD DX4-100 for more than a > month now and have no problems that I can attribute to the processor or > the no name motherboard it resides on. > > In fact, the only problem that I have experienced is when trying to make > the /usr/ports/net/irc distribution, the system locks up completely when > downloading the compressed tar file. My connection is currently a full > time 28.8 dial up to our provider and I am using user ppp, so I expect I > didn't do something correctly in setting it up as I get messages like the > following within minutes of launching user ppp: > > connet80# ppp > User Process PPP. Written by Toshihaur OHNO. > Log level is 09 > Using interface: tun0 > Interactive mode > ppp ON connet80> dial rainet > dial OK! > login OK! > ppp ON connet80> Packet mode. > ppp ON connet80> > PPP ON connet80> Jan 2 05:38:22 connet80 routed[43]: deleting route to > interface tun0 (timed out) > Jan 2 05:38:22 connet80 routed[43]: deleting route to interface tun0 > (timed out) > Jan 2 05:38:22 connet80 routed[43]: deleting route to interface tun0 > (timed out) > > After this, everything still seems to work OK, mail comes and goes, users > can telnet in and out (although this seems to lock up the system > occasionally), and the web server (Apache 1.0.0) and Lynx seem to go > about their business with no particular problems. > > Anyway, I'm getting way off topic here. The AMD-100 seems to do it's > thing and hasn't caused me any grief that I probably did'nt bring on myself. > > meljr@ConNet80.rain.com - Operations Manager ConNet80 > >