From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 18 0:40:10 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from puma.dna-is.com (puma.dna-is.com [195.188.49.6]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6522D14C49 for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 00:40:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsd@dna-is.com) Received: from tiger ([212.46.146.10]) by puma.dna-is.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 527-53519U1000L100S0V35) with SMTP id com for ; Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:40:04 +0100 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 1999 08:42:17 +0100 From: Scott Culverhouse To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Kernel and cpu_type! In-Reply-To: <32CAF3C9.62F5FCA8@webzone.net> References: <37690C1E1B5.1B73BSD@puma.dna-is.com> <32CAF3C9.62F5FCA8@webzone.net> Message-Id: <3769F85938A.5431BSD@puma.dna-is.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Becky! ver 1.25.04 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Cannot find any documentation concerning this option anywhere. Do I need it for the Cyrix MII Processors (Identified as Cyrix 6x86MX on boot up)? Does it go in the kernel config file as normal, and what is the format? Regards Scott On Wed, 01 Jan 1997 17:31:22 -0600 Mike Urban wrote: > Use I686_CPU > > And don't forget that depending on what 6x86 you have, you may need to > change the setting on "CYRIX_CACHE_REALLY_WORKS" to enable the write back > caching on the CPU. > > Scott Culverhouse wrote: > > > I am rebuilding the kernel on 7 Cyrix 6x86MX 233.86-MHz machines and I > > need to know what kernel option to use for the cpu_type! > > > > I know I can leave them all in but I want to cut the system down as much > > as I can. Is it a I586_CPU or a I686_CPU? I am guessing a I686, can > > someone set me straight. > > > > Regards > > > > Scott > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message