Date: Tue, 06 Aug 1996 00:23:12 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@HeadCandy.com> To: Khetan Gajjar <khetan@iafrica.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Patch to recognize AMD 5x86 cpus Message-ID: <199608060723.AAA15897@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of Sat, 06 Aug 96 09:17:02 %2B0200. <Pine.BSI.3.95.960806091543.22754E-100000@ian.iafrica.com>
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>> Furthermore, the Cyrix 6x86 is just a souped-up Pentium, in spite of
>> what their marketing department wants to call it. If there is only an
>> I686_CPU target in the kernel, I would expect that not to run on a
>> Cyrix 6x86.
>No, with only a I586_CPU target in the kernel, the machine won't boot -
>can't determine CPU type or something to that effect.
Then this is a "bug" (or more accurately, an unhandled case). I
_WOULD_ expect it to run a Cyrix 6x86 with only I586_CPU, and to _NOT_
run with only I486_CPU.
As I stated above (and I think you also asserted), it also should
_NOT_ work with only I686_CPU, which at this point, would only cover
the "Pentium Pro".
I take it we're saying the same thing in different ways. :-)
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