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Date:      Thu, 20 Jul 1995 09:43:30 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Cc:        john@starfire.mn.org, hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD 2.x may not run on Cyrix 486DL
Message-ID:  <199507200013.JAA09410@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <9507191721.AA28292@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Jul 19, 95 11:20:59 am

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Terry Lambert stands accused of saying:
> The correct behaviour would probably be to disable the cache on Cyrix
> chips because they do not honor the non-cacheable bit.

Unless someone can overcorrect me, I'd ask that this be read as "some"
Cyrix chips; certainly their DX40 and DX2/66 parts _appear_ to behave
appropriately.

> 					Terry Lambert

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