Re: Cyrix / Amptron PM-8600 problem?

Steven N. Hirsch (shirsch@ibm.net)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 22:22:18 -0500 (EST)


On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Linux Developer wrote:

> I've had a problem with a Cyrix Cx6x86 PR200L+ and an Amptron PM-8600
> motherboard. According to Cyrix, this is a supported motherboard. And from
> my experience, it definitely is. However, I've run into a problem now.
>
> I'm getting unknown PCI devices, and my bogomips are reporting incorrectly
> all of a sudden. This has happened with all kernels I've tried, from
> 2.0.27 to 2.0.30.
>
> Any ideas, suggestions, or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks in advance.

I have noticed the same symptom from time to time through recent
development. It seems dependent upon exactly which kernel version you are
running. In all cases, using Mike Jagdis's Cyrix patches fixes the
"problem" (so said because I'm not convinced that it really _is_ a
problem!).

Steve