Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 14:46:48 -0500 From: "James A. Mutter" <jm7996@devrycols.edu> To: Kevin Weiss <kevin.weiss@mail.utexas.edu>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: general CPU question and FreeBSD... Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19990128144648.007cc320@devrycols.edu> In-Reply-To: <199901281602.IAA04649@hub.freebsd.org>
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At 10:03 AM 1/28/99 -0600, Kevin Weiss wrote: >After taking the longest time to get my >kernel configured the way I wanted, >I noticed that my CPU_TYPE had >to be "i586" for my AMD-K6 233MHz. Correct. >After looking through some >documentation, I noticed that FreeBSD >says that an"i686" is like a Pentium Pro. i686 isn't 'like' a Pentium Pro - it _is_ a Pentium Pro. To my knowledge, none of the Intel clones have incorporated the 686 instructions on their chips. The system won't boot if you call your AMD a 686. >I was (and have been) under the impression >that a K6 was 686 architecture. Am I wrong? >Or is this the FreeBSD recognizes socket 7 >CPU's? If I used a K6-2 in my system, would it >also fall under the category of "i586"? Yes, most definately. It's nothing to worry about though - the K6/2 is a mighty fast processor, FreeBSD likes it just fine. Good luck. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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