You wrote:
> ADB> Hi Rob, On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Rob Dale wrote: ....
> >> Hmm.. What's the recommended setting for a K6? I always compile as
> >> 486. :)
>
> ADB> You would probably prefer to compile the kernel as a Pentium or PPro.
>
> I certainly would, but then the CPU is not detected as Cyrix. Thus my message.
>
> ADB> All the above remarks apply to 2.0.x kernels. I am not current on 2.1.x
> ADB> kernel code. Please correct if I am missing something.
>
> I've found this problem with the later 2.0.35 and 2.1.x kernels, both
> advertising Cyrix detection.
For 2.0.35: check the Jumbo patch available from
http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/linux/Jumbo-2.0.35-9.patch.gz
I provides much better CPU detection than the standard 2.0.35.
For 2.1.x, AFAIK anything later than 2.1.110 should be OK, although it
lacks some features from the Jumbo patch.
Cheers,
-- Andrew D. Balsa andrebalsa@altern.org- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html