Re: CyrixInstead ?

Rafael Reilova (rreilova@ececs.uc.edu)
Sun, 2 Aug 1998 12:55:08 -0400 (EDT)


Hi Nicolai,

On Sun, 2 Aug 1998, Andrew Derrick Balsa wrote:

> Hi Nicolai,
>
> 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.

Cyrix detection was disabled between 2.1.103 and 2.1.109 due to a conflict
with the Intel BX chipset. All 2.1 kernels after 2.1.109 should correctly
detect *any* Cyrix regardless of the compilation options used.

If this is not so, please e-mail me a bug report and I look into it.

Cheers,

Rafael

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