Date: Wed, 12 Jun 1996 20:46:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU> To: Scott MacFiggen <smurf@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Nexgen chip and freebsd support Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960612204524.26735C-100000@aeffle.Stanford.EDU> In-Reply-To: <199606130238.TAA12634@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
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On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Scott MacFiggen wrote: > > I just got though discussing this on the freebsd-questions list and > it seems Freebsd does not have any support for the Nexgen nX586 > chip. > I guess you mean no specific NexGen support... The NexGen Nx586 PF series do work with kernel.GENERIC > My question, it is possible to get someone clued to hack in support > for the Nexgen chip? > > I was looking at the Linux patch for nexgen > chip supprt and it does not seem all that complicated. FreeBSD > works fine on the chip when configured for a 386 but from > looking at the linux patch, it implies that this causes > a performance hit because some of the chips features are not > being taken advantage of. > > Next question, is the above true? Is the chip being underutilzed > having the kernel being configured for a 386? > > I am currently working as a contracter at Nexgen as a sysadmin so > I might be able to get support from the inside if someone is interested > in working on this. > > -Scott > > ---- || Shoppers Network BEST PRICES, FULLY x86 COMPATIBLE & FAST!!! || PO BOX 16627 Cyrix 686s now available! || San Francisco, CA 94116 Email - info@shoppersnet.com | ------------------------------> WWW - http://www2.shoppersnet.com -------------------------------> WWW - http://www.shoppersnet.com/shopping
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