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From: "Troy Settle" <rewt@i-Plus.net>
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Subject: Re: CPU type in a custom kernel
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 14:59:53 -0400
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From: Matthew Hagerty <wpub1@net-link.net>
>Greetings,
>
>   I have a question about setting the CPU type in a config file for a
>custom kernel.  I have a Cyrix-686 (166Mhz) CPU, but I have to specify a
>CPU type of 486 in the config file.  Can anyone tell me why that is?
>I'm running FreeBSD 2.2.2.

Because Cyrix chips are glorified 486 processors.  *very* fast 486 class
CPUs