Date: Wed, 10 Sep 1997 13:06:22 -0700 From: "Michael L. VanLoon -- HeadCandy.com" <michaelv@MindBender.serv.net> To: Howard Lew <hlew@www2.shoppersnet.com> Cc: Ronny Jordalen <secrj@econ.uib.no>, Dmitry Morozovsky <marck@gw.rinet.ru>, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM/Cyrix PR200+ Message-ID: <199709102006.NAA12617@MindBender.serv.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of Wed, 10 Sep 97 11:18:12 -0700. <Pine.BSF.3.91.970910111247.3996B-100000@www2.shoppersnet.com>
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>I think the cpu types are now different for anything above 2.2.2R >(correct me if I am wrong though)... This only is important if you >recompile the kernel. > >2.2.2R >Cyrix 6x86/L - 486 >Cyrix 6x86MX - 586 >AMD K5 - 586 >AMD K6 - 586 > >2.2.2 SNAP (i.e. 8/31/97 or newer) >Cyrix 6x86/L - 686 (as reported) ^^^ This is wrong -- the 6x86/L (i.e. M1) is a Pentium-class (586) processor. The 6x86MX (i.e. M2) is a 686-class chip. >Cyrix 6x86MX - 686 >AMD K5 - 586 (?) >AMD K6 - 686 (?) [...] ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael L. VanLoon michaelv@MindBender.serv.net Contract software development for Windows NT, Windows 95 and Unix. Windows NT and Unix server development in C++ and C. --< Free your mind and your machine -- NetBSD free un*x >-- NetBSD working ports: 386+PC, Mac 68k, Amiga, Atari 68k, HP300, Sun3, Sun4/4c/4m, DEC MIPS, DEC Alpha, PC532, VAX, MVME68k, arm32... NetBSD ports in progress: PICA, others... -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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