Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:57:49 -0500 From: Christopher Michaels - SSG <ChrisMic@sbservices.com> To: "'Kevin Weiss'" <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu> Cc: "FreeBSD Mailing List (E-mail)" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: general CPU question and FreeBSD... Message-ID: <6C37EE640B78D2118D2F00A0C90FCB441A5E72@site2s1>
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K6-2 is a i586 CPU, the only thing I know of out there that is a 686 is the Pentium PRO. The K6-2 is comparable to a Pentium II in performance, but the actual instruction set is supported by the i586 CPU id. (I have one, and I did try 686 just to see). > -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Weiss [SMTP:kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu] > Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 11:04 AM > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: general CPU question and FreeBSD... > > After taking the longest time to get my > kernel configured the way I wanted, > I noticed that my CPU_TYPE had > to be "i586" for my AMD-K6 233MHz. > > After looking through some > documentation, I noticed that FreeBSD > says that an"i686" is like a Pentium Pro. > > I was (and have been) under the impression > that a K6 was 686 architecture. Am I wrong? > Or is this the FreeBSD recognizes socket 7 > CPU's? If I used a K6-2 in my system, would it > also fall under the category of "i586"? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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