From owner-freebsd-hardware Mon Mar 31 12:14:23 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA07305 for hardware-outgoing; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:14:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from www2.shoppersnet.com (shoppersnet.com [204.156.152.112]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA07298 for ; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:14:18 -0800 (PST) Received: (from hlew@localhost) by www2.shoppersnet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA18215; Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:17:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 1997 12:17:51 -0800 (PST) From: Howard Lew To: Doug Russell cc: Paul Southworth , freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Crashes with 6x86L-P200+ In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~