From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 28 22:10:19 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id WAA07725 for questions-outgoing; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:10:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id WAA07718 for ; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:10:16 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id WAA22385; Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:10:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 28 Nov 1997 22:10:08 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White Reply-To: Doug White To: Haider Roland VAI/TAW2 cc: bsd-questions Subject: Re: pentium != cyrix 6x86 ? In-Reply-To: <70D6A3FCD8F1CF11A86508002BE74D7932F0B2@mail1.vai.co.at> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from QUOTED-PRINTABLE to 8bit by hub.freebsd.org id WAA07719 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 28 Nov 1997, Haider Roland VAI/TAW2 wrote: > hi, > iīm running freebsd 2.2.2 on a cyrix 6x86 p166+ which i thought should > be a pentium compatible processor. > but after recompiling the kernel with cpu=586 it didnīt boot and told me > instead that i donīt have a 586 type cpu. > using now cpu=486 works just fine, but does anybody know why cpu=586 > didnīt work? i couldnīt find anything in the faq. That's because the 6x86 is a type CPU_686. If it's found as a 486 you need a new BIOS. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major