Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 18:26:03 -0800 (PST) From: dpb@kafka.hqs.crc.com To: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: kern/2787: Cyrix 150+ CPU is seen as a 486, Kernels made for i586 don't recognize the chip as 586. Message-ID: <199702210226.SAA27777@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <199702210230.SAA28077@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 2787 >Category: kern >Synopsis: Cyrix 150+ CPU is seen as a 486, Kernels made for i586 don't recognize the chip as 586. >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: high >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Thu Feb 20 18:30:01 PST 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Dan Benjamin >Organization: Init >Release: 2.1.7-RELEASE >Environment: FreeBSD monster.hqs.crc.com 2.1.7-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.1.7-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 20 10: 45:17 1997 root@monster.hqs.crc.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/MONSTER i386 >Description: At boot time, Freebsd sees the Cyrix 150+ (120Mhz) as a 486 instead of a Pentium 120. When I build a kernel with the i586 option, it fails to boot, the error "unrecognized cpu" so I must re-make the kernel with the i486 option instead - and loose performance. >How-To-Repeat: Get a Cyrix 120+ or 150+ CPU and make a i586 kernel on 2.1.7-R. >Fix: HELP! >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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