Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 13:41:33 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> Cc: fmesq@super11.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD Athlon Processor Support. Message-ID: <20000607134133.E74372@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20000607000141.A6446@earthlink.net> References: <96034952001@mail.emumail.net> <20000607000141.A6446@earthlink.net>
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On Wednesday, 7 June 2000 at 0:01:41 -0400, Eric Ogren wrote: > On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 11:45:19PM -0400, fmesq@super11.net wrote: >> >> >> Hi FreeBSD Team, >> >> I've got a AMD Athlon 700 Mhz Processor and I coludn't make a working >> kernel. It works with the generic kernel, but when i compile a specific >> kernel usinf 686 Class processor it gives me a Panic advice. >> I'm usind 686 Class processor 'cause when using the generic kernel, in >> startup, it detects an 686 Class processor, and also load some Pentium Pro >> drivers. >> Thanks every body, > > I'm pretty sure that we treat an Athlon as a 586. These are things you can check on. Felipe did specify that it was reported as a 686 class machine, and he's right. My machine: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor (751.79-MHz 686-class CPU) I suppose I could try building a kernel without i585 support, but I'm not going that far to answer a question. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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