Re: NexGen Processors and Linux kernel 2.0

Roeland Th. Jansen (bengel@xs4all.nl)
14 Jun 1996 08:00:50 -0000


dmv@cybercom.net wrote :

: Things we not good though. I booted from the floppy... It uncompressed
: the kernel... and then died saying that this is a 386, and the kernel has
: been optimized for a 486 or faster. Giving up...

the nexgen is /not/ a pentium. it 'misses' a few instructions that are not
necessary because it's being taken care of in the hardware; just recompile
your kernel and select 386. I have been reading in the past that 486
optimized kernels also work at 386's to you may take that route as well.

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