Date: Wed, 10 Jun 1998 11:32:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <rgrimes@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> To: sean@dreamfire.net (Sean-Paul Rees) Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Processor upgrade, minor problem. Message-ID: <199806101832.LAA14542@GndRsh.aac.dev.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980610105247.908A-100000@dreamer.dreamfire.net> from Sean-Paul Rees at "Jun 10, 98 10:55:15 am"
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> > > You most likely (reason I say ``most likely'' is below) have > > an IDT/Centaur CPU chip, which FreeBSD has not been updated > > to fully understand, and this does not print the Features > > values. > > > > One interesting thing about the IDT chips is that it is possible > > to reprogram the Origin string, and some one else may copy this > > miss feature in the future. If you do a yahoo search on the > > above ID string you'll find a few web sites that talk about this > > misfeature. > > > > I'm no processor/software brainiac here, but will this affect performance > of the chip in anyway? It does perform (so far) about 30& better than my > Intel P133. Very hard to answer, given that we have not done any qualification testing of the IDT chips (nor do we plan to, we use either Intel or AMD products here, which we have qualified). If the IDT chip does a faithful duplication of the Pentium it should work, but if the chip has unknown bugs, well... it can bite! Do note that IDT is claiming support for Linux, Solaris and Unix in general, so at least they knew to test for more than just compatibility with Microsoft. -- Rod Grimes - KD7CAX - (RWG25) rgrimes@gndrsh.aac.dev.com Accurate Automation, Inc. Reliable computers for FreeBSD http://www.aai.dnsmgr.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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