>
> On Thu, 14 Nov 1996, Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> > What CPU do you have? This _looks_ like the panic that some people saw
> > with Cyrix 486 clone chips.
> [...]
> > >
> > > Machine is an i486 DX4/100, 36M RAM.
> > >
> > Is that "i486" really an _i_ 486? The only cases of the above kind of
> > behaviour that I've seen has been for Cyrix chips.
>
> Ok, I lied about the i486ness... it's an IBM 486DX4/100 CPU.
>
> Forgot that that can make a difference ;-) Now, the interesting thing is,
> the Motherboard calls it: (from the BIOS screen)
>
> Main Processor : Cx486DX4
>
> The settings on the motherboard (jumprs, etc) are the same for the Cyrix
> and IBM chips.
>
> Might the IBM CPU have the same problems as the Cyrix? I just got another
> OOPS about 20 min ago from 'traceroute' with nearly the SAME dump...
>
The IBM chip is a Cyrix chip.
Colten Edwards
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