Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 21:02:36 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: "Jon E. Kump" <jkump@stlnet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: code for Pentium II Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980117210152.6065H-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <34BF777A.6DDDF99B@stlnet.com>
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On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Jon E. Kump wrote: > We have FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE running on a Pentium II 300Mhz. processor. > My question is > when is the identcpu.c code going to be updated to reflect that I have > the Pentium II. Right now > it says that it is a Pentium Pro. see below Someone just needs to submit the patches to teach identcpu how to tell the difference... for alli ntents and purposes though the PII and the PPro are very, very similar. FreeBSD doesn't use MMX and the additional L1 cache are basically invisible to the OS. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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