Date: Thu, 14 Mar 1996 11:35:05 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Tang <altitude@petrified.cic.net> To: bugs@freebsd.org Subject: npx0/Cyrix DLC486/Cyrix 80387 Message-ID: <199603141635.LAA08675@petrified.cic.net>
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Hi folks.
I've got an Intel i386/33 with a Cyrix 387 running FreeBSD-2.1.0-RELEASE.
(run's great, no problems). I was given a Cyrix DLC-486/33 Chip by a
friend. the problem is that when I put the 486 and the 387 in the box at
the same time, FreeBSD won't boot, it stops right after checking npx0.
The 486 chip works fine without the 387. Is this a FreeBSD problem, or am
I just an idiot who's forgotten something.
Thanks very much.
...alex...
Also, perhaps someone who knows more about hardware than I could answer
this. If I'm screwed and can't run the 486 and the 387 together, which
setup should I use: the 386/387 combination or the 486/no fpu combo?
I did some benchmarking and the 387/387 came up faster, but those only
test integer/floating point calculations.
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Alex Tang altitude@cic.net http://petrified.cic.net/~altitude
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