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Date:      Wed, 12 Jun 1996 13:59:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Howard Lew <hlew@sequence.Stanford.EDU>
To:        Scott MacFiggen <smurf@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: NExGen chip Nx586-100
Message-ID:  <Pine.OSF.3.91.960612135827.13535H-100000@aeffle.Stanford.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <199606112021.NAA14806@soda.CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>

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On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Scott MacFiggen wrote:

> 
> I just got a hold of a Nexgen chip + PCI motherboard.
> When I went to boot up FreeBsd it panics complaining that
> the system is running with a 386.
> Is there a patch for FreeBSD which will allow
> it to recognize the Nexgen chip as a 586?
> And what is the best way to get my machine to boot
> in its current configuration?
> 
> 	-Scott

Hmm... that's funny.... We used to use a NexGen Nx586 PF110 with FreeBSD 
and it never complained about anything...  What version of FreeBSD are 
you using?


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