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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: Answer on I686_CPU option *Please*
To: tiller@connectnet.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 12:03:16 -0500 (EST)
Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: <199701181622.IAA19342@smtp.connectnet.com> from "That Doug Guy" at Jan 18, 97 08:21:02 am
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> 	Pardon my impatience, but I really need an answer on this, and it's 
> been 2 days now.  I need to know if the "I686_CPU" option in the kernel 
> configuration is avaliable in 2.1.6*.   I have looked everywhere I can think 
> of, and sent two letters to this list, and still no luck.  If the -stable branch on 
> the ftp site is a descendant of 2.1.6, it looks like that option is not available, 
> but it is not clear to me that is the case.  (I just submitted a PR regarding the 
> apparent conflict in the WWW version of the Handbook.)  Here is the 
> entry from 
>
Sorry that noone has answered so far.  There is no specific support
for the PPro in 2.1.6.  It will work as a Pentium.

2.2 does have support for the PPro.

John Dyson
dyson@freebsd.org