From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 19 15:47:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA03247 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 15:47:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from horton.iaces.com ([204.147.87.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA03219 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 15:46:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from proot@localhost) by horton.iaces.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id RAA29301; Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:45:19 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 0.4 [p0] on FreeBSD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Thu, 19 Sep 1996 17:41:03 -0500 (CDT) From: "Paul T. Root" To: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu Subject: Re: amd k5-p100. Cc: Doug White , faried nawaz , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On 19-Sep-96 Doug White wrote: >>On Mon, 16 Sep 1996, faried nawaz wrote: > >> I'm considering buying an AMD K5-P100 (or better); is it recognized under >> FreeBSD (2.1.5 or -current) as a Pentium-class processor? > >My guess will be that either: > >1) It'll be detected as a AMD K5 or >2) It'll be detected as a 486. > >#2 is the case with the 5x86 chips. The 5x86 is optimized 486, and plugs into a 486 socket (I think). The 5k86 is plug-compatible with the pentium. It uses the same MB as the pentium. So I'd guess that it it will be either: 1) dectected as an AMD K5 or 2) detected as a pentium I hope to know in a couple months. I plan to upgrade my MB and the K5 is the front runner. (price and I don't like what intel does to the industry or did to Randal Schwartz). Paul. ---- Paul T. Root E/Mail: proot@iaces.com 200 S. 5th St. Suite 1100 PAG: +1 (800) SKY-PAGE PIN: 537-7370 Minneapolis, MN 55402 WRK: +1 (612) 663-1979 Certified Solaris Administrator FAX: +1 (612) 663-8030