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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.
>

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