Re: 2.0.35 and Cyrix 6x86 autodetection - bug?

John Caldwell (jcald@lake.ml.org)
20 Jul 1998 08:56:15 -0000

> Consulting with other Linuxers using 6x86's nearby, I found that the newer
> > 6x86MX CPUs are identified correctly but some of the old 6x86 CPUs are
> > not.
> >
> > I would like to know that anyone else has similar experiences.
>
> Thats what I would expect for 2.0.35
>
>

I did not have the same experience with 2.0.35. 2.0.35 identified my 6x86MX v1.4 as an i486. 2.0.33 with Andrew D. Balsa's patch correctly identifies the 6x86MX as an i686. 2.0.35 looks to have this patch installed, but /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel/head.S was modified for cyrix MII support or some such, and does not identify my 6x86MX as an i686. I took my patched 2.0.33 version of this file and put it with my 2.0.35 source, compiled, and it now correctly identifies my CPU. Anyone else have a similar experience?

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