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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
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