From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Oct 31 07:54:06 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA10639 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:54:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from laker.net (jet.laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA10634 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 07:54:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (digital-pbi-153.laker.net [208.0.233.53]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.LAKERNET.NO-SPAM.SPAMMERS.AND.RELAYS.WILL.BE.TRACKED.AND.PROSECUTED.) with SMTP id KAA14228; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:52:46 -0500 Message-Id: <199810311552.KAA14228@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "ajk@mastigo4.demon.co.uk" , "Christopher J. Michaels" , "Dean Hollister" Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:51:05 -0500 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: RE: Cyrix 6x86 CPU Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I read (somewhere) that the best improvement comes from deleting the 386 type. On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:35:03 -0500, Christopher J. Michaels wrote: >Well of course THAT's going to work, you have all the processors listed >there. >The one that you need for the Cyrix 6x86 CPU is the following. YES that's >the 486, the kernel will panic if you define only the 586. > >cpu "I486_CPU" > >My understanding is that by listing all of those processor types, the >kernel is not optimized for your specific processor and is a bit slower. > >-----Original Message----- >From: Dean Hollister [SMTP:dean@odyssey.apana.org.au] >Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 9:14 AM >To: ajk@mastigo4.demon.co.uk >Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 CPU > > > >> ---------- >> From: Dean Hollister[SMTP:DEAN@ODYSSEY.APANA.ORG.AU] >> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 1998 9:14:21 AM >> To: ajk@mastigo4.demon.co.uk >> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG >> Subject: Re: Cyrix 6x86 CPU >> Auto forwarded by a Rule >> >>How best should I enter a Cyrix 6x86 in the cpu "cpu_type" in the kernel >>configuration file? > >The following in the kernel works fine. I detects it perfectly during >probe at bootup: > >machine "i386" >cpu "I386_CPU" >cpu "I486_CPU" >cpu "I586_CPU" >cpu "I686_CPU" > >Regards, > >d. > Unix systems measure "uptime" in years, Winblows measures it in minutes. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message