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Date:      Sun, 12 Oct 2003 13:49:35 +0200
From:      Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de>
To:        Dag-Erling =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= <des@des.no>
Cc:        ticso@cicely.de
Subject:   Re: smallest piece of hardware that runs *BSD?
Message-ID:  <20031012114934.GN13791@cicely12.cicely.de>
In-Reply-To: <xzpekxisnxr.fsf@dwp.des.no>
References:  <200310101417.h9AEHb4n025071@www.kukulies.org> <20031011050618.GB61302@freebsd1.cimlogic.com.au> <20031011222942.GM13791@cicely12.cicely.de> <xzpekxisnxr.fsf@dwp.des.no>

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On Sun, Oct 12, 2003 at 01:19:44PM +0200, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Bernd Walter <ticso@cicely12.cicely.de> writes:
> > On Sat, Oct 11, 2003 at 03:06:18PM +1000, John Birrell wrote:
> > > Here's one the size of a credit card: <http://www.compulab.co.il/586core.htm>.
> > > It's a lot bigger than a 'bump in a cable', but it runs FreeBSD.
> > Leaves the question how much of the data on that page is correct.
> > The elan chip is 486 class as we all know from soekris systems.
> 
> From www.amd.com:
> 
>   The Élan[tm] SC520 microcontroller combines a 32-bit, low-voltage
>   Am5x86 CPU with a complete set of integrated peripherals suitable
>   for both real-time and PC/AT-compatible embedded applications. The
>   device also features a 32-bit PCI bus, a high-performance, 32-bit
>   SDRAM interface and a full-featured, high-performance in-circuit
>   emulation capability, known as the AMDebug[tm] technology.

Am5x86 != 586 class.

This is what FreeBSD thinks about the SC520:
CPU: AMD Enhanced Am486DX4/Am5x86 Write-Back (486-class CPU)
  Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x494  Stepping = 4
  Features=0x1<FPU>

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B.Walter                   BWCT                http://www.bwct.de
ticso@bwct.de                                  info@bwct.de



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