Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:17:58 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Andrew Lankford <arlankfo@141.com> Subject: Re: Forwarding an email received by arch@freebsd.org... Message-ID: <20030427191758.GA34866@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200304271816.h3RIGcZM094740@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <E199oZ2-0001lI-OB@sc006pub.verizon.net> <200304271816.h3RIGcZM094740@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 08:16:38PM +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Andrew Lankford <arlankfo@141.com> wrote: > > http://www.clabsms.de/FreeBSD/patch.sys.i386.i386.identcpu.c > > http://www.clabsms.de/FreeBSD/patch.sys.i386.i386.vm_machdep.c > > These patches are to support the NSC Geode processor. > > What do you mean -- "support"? I'm just curious ... > > I've been using NS Geode processors (233 and 300 MHz) for > quite some time without any problems, and without requiring > patches. They're recognized during booting like this: > > CPU: Cyrix GXm (232.74-MHz 586-class CPU) > Origin = "CyrixInstead" Id = 0x540 DIR=0x8246 Stepping=8 Revision=2 > > (Yes, the Geode _is_ a Cyrix processor.) Same here on my SBC firewall: wb ~: dmesg Copyright (c) 1992-2002 The FreeBSD Project. Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. FreeBSD 4.7-RELEASE-p10 #1: Mon Apr 21 11:41:29 CEST 2003 root@styx.wbnet:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/STYX Calibrating clock(s) ... TSC clock: 300697929 Hz, i8254 clock: 1193246 Hz CLK_USE_I8254_CALIBRATION not specified - using default frequency Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz CLK_USE_TSC_CALIBRATION not specified - using old calibration method CPU: Cyrix GXm (300.68-MHz 586-class CPU) Origin = "CyrixInstead" Id = 0x540 DIR=0x8144 Stepping=8 Revision=1 real memory = 31981568 (31232K bytes) Physical memory chunk(s): -- | / o / /_ _ wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte
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