From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 11 20:29:27 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id UAA21920 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:29:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.barrnet.net (mail.barrnet.net [131.119.246.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id UAA21914 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:29:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fly.HiWAAY.net (fly.HiWAAY.net [204.214.4.2]) by mail.barrnet.net (8.7.5/MAIL-RELAY-LEN) with ESMTP id UAA24729 for ; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 20:29:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [206.104.22.180] by fly.HiWAAY.net; (8.7.5/1.1.8.2/21Sep95-1003PM) id WAA18228; Tue, 11 Jun 1996 22:26:14 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: <199606112021.NAA14806@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Tue, 11 Jun 1996 21:31:38 -0500 To: Matthew Stein , Scott MacFiggen From: David Kelly Subject: Re: NExGen chip Nx586-100 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk At 4:44 PM -0500 6/11/96, Matthew Stein wrote: >On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Scott MacFiggen wrote: > >> I just got a hold of a Nexgen chip + PCI motherboard. >> ... >> the system is running with a 386. > >That's correct. The NexGen nx586 IS a 386 compatible chip, with an FPU, >and performance comparible to a Pentium. We run a couple of them that >regularly outpace similar pentiums. If you compile your kernel for a 386, >you'll have no problems. >From the part number I don't think Scott got an Nx586 with FPU. Make sure you build your kernel with FPU emulator included. Box-stock FreeBSD-2.1R runs perfectly on my non-FPU PCI-90 NexGen, "make world" in under 5-1/2 hours. Scott may have other problems. -- David Kelly N4HHE, n4hhe@amsat.org, dkelly@hiwaay.net ============================================================= To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. - Thomas Edison