Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:51:05 -0500 From: "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com> To: "ajk@mastigo4.demon.co.uk" <ajk@mastigo4.demon.co.uk>, "Christopher J. Michaels" <cjm2@earthling.net>, "Dean Hollister" <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au> Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: Cyrix 6x86 CPU Message-ID: <199810311552.KAA14228@laker.net>
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I read (somewhere) that the best improvement comes from deleting the 386 type. On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:35:03 -0500, Christopher J. Michaels wrote: >Well of course THAT's going to work, you have all the processors listed >there. >The one that you need for the Cyrix 6x86 CPU is the following. YES that's >the 486, the kernel will panic if you define only the 586. > >cpu "I486_CPU" > >My understanding is that by listing all of those processor types, the >kernel is not optimized for your specific processor and is a bit slower. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dean Hollister [SMTP:dean@odyssey.apana.org.au] >Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 9:14 AM >To: ajk@mastigo4.demon.co.uk >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 CPU > > > >> ---------- >> From: Dean Hollister[SMTP:DEAN@ODYSSEY.APANA.ORG.AU] >> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 9:14:21 AM >> To: ajk@mastigo4.demon.co.uk >> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 CPU >> Auto forwarded by a Rule >> >>How best should I enter a Cyrix 6x86 in the cpu "cpu_type" in the kernel >>configuration file? > >The following in the kernel works fine. I detects it perfectly during >probe at bootup: > >machine "i386" >cpu "I386_CPU" >cpu "I486_CPU" >cpu "I586_CPU" >cpu "I686_CPU" > >Regards, > >d. > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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