NexGen 5x86 documentation patch

Ian Soboroff (ian@cs.umbc.edu)
14 Jul 1999 09:01:06 -0400

Several people have helped out in confirming that the NexGen Nx586
isn't a 486-class processor (as Configure.help says in 2.2.10), but
really a 386 (and a darn fast one, too!). so here's a patch against
Configure.help in 2.2.10...

--- Configure.help Sun Jun 13 22:54:06 1999
+++ /tmp/Configure.help Wed Jul 14 08:58:14 1999
@@ -1633,10 +1633,10 @@

Here are the settings recommended for greatest speed:
- "386" for the AMD/Cyrix/Intel 386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX, Cyrix/TI
- 486DLC/DLC2 and UMC 486SX-S. Only "386" kernels will run on a 386
- class machine.
+ 486DLC/DLC2, UMC 486SX-S, and NexGen Nx5x86. Only "386" kernels
+ will run on a 386 class machine.
- "486" for the AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel DX4 or 486DX/DX2/SL/SX/SX2,
- AMD/Cyrix 5x86, NexGen Nx586 and UMC U5D or U5S.
+ AMD/Cyrix 5x86, and UMC U5D or U5S.
- "586" for generic Pentium CPUs, possibly lacking the TSC
(time stamp counter) register.
- "Pentium" for the Intel Pentium/Pentium MMX, AMD K5, K6 and 

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Ian Soboroff                                       ian@cs.umbc.edu
University of MD Baltimore County      http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~ian


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