From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 6 21:19:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A277A37B58F for ; Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:19:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eogren@earthlink.net) Received: from rod.darktech.org (ip113.cambridge2.ma.pub-ip.psi.net [38.32.112.113]) by merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA18984; Tue, 6 Jun 2000 21:19:52 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from eogren@localhost) by rod.darktech.org (8.10.1/8.10.1) id e574LBw06682; Wed, 7 Jun 2000 00:21:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 00:21:11 -0400 From: Eric Ogren To: Bryan Bradsby Cc: fmesq@super11.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AMD Athlon Processor Support. Message-ID: <20000607002111.A6661@earthlink.net> References: <20000607000141.A6446@earthlink.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from Bryan.Bradsby@capnet.state.tx.us on Tue, Jun 06, 2000 at 11:13:32PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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