Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:17:51 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> To: Doug Russell <drussell@saturn-tech.com> Cc: Paul Southworth <pauls@locust.etext.org>, freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970331120856.16701C-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970330215534.11697A-100000@586quick166.saturn-tech.com>
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On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Doug Russell wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Paul Southworth wrote: > > > Yes, another annoying Cyrix owner. I won't ask you why it's not > > recognized as a Pentium because I don't care. I bought a 6x86L-P200+ and > > :) It doesn't really matter right now, although I believe someone just > committed new CPU detection routines to -current the other day which will > now detect the 6x86 as a 6x86. I don't know if the cpu detection routines modify any cpu settings, but I heard that the linear frame buffer feature (Write Gathering) can be enabled (normally disabled) to boost speed on Cyrix 6x86 cpus. I think that raises the fps numbers for video. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shoppers Network (Support) AMD K5/K6s, Cyrix 6x86, Intel Pentiums/Pro Phone: (415) 759-8584 Email: howard@shoppersnet.com ==============================> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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