Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 00:21:11 -0400 From: Eric Ogren <eogren@earthlink.net> To: Bryan Bradsby <Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us> Cc: fmesq@super11.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD Athlon Processor Support. Message-ID: <20000607002111.A6661@earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006062304530.76242-100000@localhost>; from Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us on Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 11:13:32PM -0500 References: <20000607000141.A6446@earthlink.net> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006062304530.76242-100000@localhost>
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Heh. Open mouth, insert foot. I think I was thinking about Cyrix chips, but according to /sys/i386/i386/identcpu.c, those get picked up as 486s, so I dunno what I was thinking. Sorry for the misinformation. Eric On Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 11:13:32PM -0500, Bryan Bradsby wrote: > dmesg recognizes the Athlon as a 686 class CPU. > > I have the following in my Athlon K7 custom kernel config: > > machine i386 > cpu I686_CPU > > Works great, no panics, very stable. > > FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE #0: Tue May 16 22:55:19 CDT 2000 > > -bryan > ------------------ > > > I'm pretty sure that we treat an Athlon as a 586. > > > > > 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, > > > > > > Felipe Mesquita > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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