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Date:      Sun, 18 Feb 2001 15:19:33 -0500
From:      "Paul A. Howes" <phowes@fair-ware.com>
To:        "FreeBSD-STABLE list" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: IBM/Cyrix 6x86 133(PR166) 
Message-ID:  <BCEFKOJHNDEAJONMKMHEGEGKCJAA.phowes@fair-ware.com>
In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20010218111551.00d5b140@mail.sstec.com>

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John-

Notice that your Cyrix chip is a 6x86MX.  This is a much newer chip than the
PR166 in question.  The original was designed to replace a Pentium, but was
really a souped-up 486.  The MX-series contained instructions similar to
MMX, and some of the Pentium-Pro capabilities.  It was the equivilent of a
Pentium-II in some ways.

--
Paul A. Howes
pahowes@fair-ware.com


-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
[mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of John Long
Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2001 1:35 PM
To: Warner Losh; Virtual Bob
Cc: FreeBSD-STABLE list
Subject: Re: IBM/Cyrix 6x86 133(PR166)


cyrix makes just fine. I thought I would put in my benchmarks here also.
This shows amd k6-III is 586 and much older cyrix is 686, go figure..

FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #1: Sun Feb 11 17:16:58 PST 2001
     toor@gate.sstec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GATE
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 166587220 Hz
CPU: Cyrix 6x86MX (166.59-MHz 686-class CPU)
   Origin = "CyrixInstead"  Id = 0x600  Stepping = 0  DIR=0x0352
   Features=0x808135<FPU,DE,TSC,MSR,CX8,CMOV,MMX>
real memory  = 67108864 (65536K bytes)
avail memory = 62410752 (60948K bytes)

##cpu           I386_CPU
##cpu           I486_CPU
cpu             I586_CPU
cpu             I686_CPU

cvsup, build make*,  install*  just fine
time build makeworld
4:10

FreeBSD 4.2-STABLE #0: Sun Feb 11 17:12:29 PST 2001
     toor@star.sstec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STAR
Timecounter "i8254"  frequency 1193182 Hz
Timecounter "TSC"  frequency 400911200 Hz
CPU: AMD-K6(tm) 3D+ Processor (400.91-MHz 586-class CPU)
   Origin = "AuthenticAMD"  Id = 0x591  Stepping = 1
   Features=0x8021bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,PGE,MMX>
   AMD Features=0x80000800<SYSCALL,3DNow!>
real memory  = 134152192 (131008K bytes)
avail memory = 127684608 (124692K bytes)

##cpu           I386_CPU
##cpu           I486_CPU
cpu             I586_CPU
cpu             I686_CPU

cvsup, build make*,  install*  just fine
time build makeworld
1:32  much quicker, just faster than PII 500 and 550

My intent was to run either with basically the same kernel config.

John



At 10:59 AM 2/18/2001 , Warner Losh wrote:
>In message
><Pine.BSF.4.32.0102161814240.1527-100000@kristen.shadowdale.net> Virtual
>Bob writes:
>: How about AMD K5 or K6?
>
>AMD K5 is definitely Pentium class.  Don't know if K6 is 686 or not.
>
>Warner
>
>
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