Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 12:45:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> To: michaelv@HeadCandy.com (Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com) Cc: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD works with Cy486DLC processors? Message-ID: <199606181645.MAA27979@shell.monmouth.com> In-Reply-To: <199606181558.IAA16170@MindBender.HeadCandy.com> from "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" at Jun 18, 96 08:58:50 am
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> > > >Ooppss!!! You are absolutely right. My CPU is a 486DX4 NOT a 486DLC. The > >problem was that I was looking at what the kernel gives me at boot time: > >FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE #2: Mon Jun 17 12:22:05 AST 1996 > > eparis@skynet.ven.ra.rockwell.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/SKYNET > >CPU: Cy486DLC (486-class CPU) > > Origin = "Cyrix" > > Yeah, that's a bone-headed move on Cyrix' part. The DLC > identification code was originally taken out of a piece of code used > to identify DLC/SLC parts, published in a Cyrix manual. > > Then, the idiots went and made their DX processors respond the same > way to the same test! > > >The processor has "486DX4" written on top of it. My apologies for causing > >this confussion. > > >Can it be that the problem is that FreeBSD is mistakenly identifying the > >processor? Can I force FreeBSD to correctly identify the processor? Got the same thing on my IBM ThinkPad 365 -- but no stability problems with 2.0.5 or 2.1.0-RELEASE or -STABLE -- just went to -CURRENT (well the 5/1/96 -snap last night...) Bill
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