From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Aug 18 10:35:18 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from iaces.com (horton.iaces.com [204.147.87.98]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE82D14F2D for ; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:35:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from proot@iaces.com) Received: (from proot@localhost) by iaces.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id MAA00584; Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:35:18 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" Message-Id: <199908181735.MAA00584@iaces.com> Subject: Re: CPU Upgrade In-Reply-To: <37BAE53F.616CD4F7@townnews.com> from Jason at "Aug 18, 99 10:54:23 am" To: jason@townnews.com (Jason) Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 12:35:18 -0500 (CDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Organization: USWEST !nterprise Networking - ACES X-Phone: (612) 664-3385 X-Fax: (612) 664-4779 X-Page: (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7270 X-Address: 600 Stinson Blvd, Fl 1S X-Address: Minneapolis, MN 55413 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In a previous message, Jason said: > We're running FreeBSD 2.2.5-Stable on a slower system, and we'd like to > upgrade the processor in the machine. WIll we need to recompile the > kernel if we perform this upgrade? If so, I'd appreciate the details on > why (I'm a curious sort when it comes to things like this). I can't seem > to find any solid information on the subject... You won't need to if you aren't changing processor types. But if you're thinking of one of those upgrade chips to take a 75-150MHz machine up to 333MHz, AMD K6-2, then I'd suggest you save your money. I put one in to replace a Cyrix P150+, and didn't notice any change in Windows 98 (I haven't put FreeBSD on that machine). > Thanks in advance, > > Jason Blue > jason@townnews.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message