From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Oct 7 19:22:30 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA22180 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:22:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from vegemite.Stanford.EDU (vegemite.Stanford.EDU [171.65.76.158]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA22175 for ; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:22:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: (hlew@localhost) by vegemite.Stanford.EDU (8.7.1/8.6.4) id TAA24455; Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:22:21 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 7 Oct 1996 19:22:21 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew To: Gianmarco Giovannelli cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM 6x86 166+ In-Reply-To: <3.0b26.32.19961007191238.00691954@masternet.it> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Gianmarco Giovannelli wrote: > > I am testing this cpu against a Pentium 166mhz. > > In the config file for the kernel I must use the 486 istruction set code > too ? Because now I have only the 586 option and the kernel don't boot... > > Any others informations and/or experiences with this CPU ? The cpu runs perfectly with the 486 settings. I think it is just a mis ID thing. The code is on Cyrix's web site to properly ID their CPUs... Now I just need to find the time to get around to doing that or someone can beat me to it first. > > > Regards... > > +-------------------------------------+--------------------+ > | Internet: gmarco@masternet.it | ,,, | > | Internet: gmarco@fi.nettuno.it | (o o) | > | BIX : ggiovannelli@bix.com | ---oo0-(_)-0oo--- | > | http://www.masternet.it/dsc/gmarco | Gianmarco | > +-------------------------------------+--------------------+ > ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping