From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 28 12:32:32 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA09222 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:32:32 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from presley.cybertrails.com (mail.cybertrails.com [162.42.150.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id MAA09205 for ; Thu, 28 Jan 1999 12:32:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kf7nn1@cybertrails.com) Received: (qmail 12826 invoked from network); 28 Jan 1999 20:03:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ginger) (162.42.132.12) by mail.cybertrails.com with SMTP; 28 Jan 1999 20:03:48 -0000 Message-ID: <002701be4af8$e57be740$0300a8c0@ginger.kf7nn.com> From: "george vagner" To: "Kevin Weiss" , , "James A. Mutter" Subject: Re: general CPU question and FreeBSD... Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1999 13:00:45 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG For just comparison... PPro 200 32 meg ram scsi drives compile world in 4hr,20 min on my system. AMD K6-300 66 MHZ bus with 32 meg ram scsi drives does it in 3hr,30 min so the AMD is a little faster but i wonder what it would take if i declocked down to 200MHZ just to make it an even race. -----Original Message----- From: James A. Mutter To: Kevin Weiss ; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 12:45 PM Subject: Re: general CPU question and FreeBSD... 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message