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To: asami@vader.cs.berkeley.edu (Satoshi Asami)
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Date: Wed, 28 May 1997 16:05:13 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I see.  I forgot that the K6 is a 586-class CPU. ;)  But the main
> memory speed is still less than 80MB/s that the P5-133/EDO with 2.1.5
> (no FP-copy) gets.  Is that EDO memory?
> 
> Bruce, do you think you can add a code to disable the FP-copy when the 
> chip is a 586-class but not from "GenuineIntel" (or whatever)?  The
> only 586-class non-Intel CPU out there is the K6 (K5 too?), right?

BTW, I've just ordered a motherboard and 166Mhz K6 for the
resurrection of thud.  I could have resurrected thud a couple of weeks
ago, actually, but the idea of bringing it back as a 486DX2 just
didn't really thrill me too much so I figured we'd take this
opportunity to build a non-Intel FreeBSD box and get a faster
build/test machine at the same time.  Maybe once it's up and running,
you and bde can decide how best to support it. :-)

					Jordan