Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 12:37:59 -0500 (EST) From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net> To: Gurudatt Shenoy <gurudatt@cs.tamu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: 486 kernel works for 586? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990511123644.24802b-100000@cygnus.rush.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.990511101335.11024A-100000@dilbert>
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On Tue, 11 May 1999, Gurudatt Shenoy wrote: > > Hello, > I compiled the FreeBSD 2.2.1 kernel on a Pentium class CPU with the CPU > type set to "I486_CPU". However, when I boot the machine and try to use > this kernel, I get "CPU class unknown" error. > Won't a 486 kernel work on a "586" type CPU? > > I'd appreciate any feedback. Please reply to my email address - I am not > on the FreeBSD list. > MUST have the CPU type that you are going to use compiled in, there is no "forward/backward compatibility" it just must have that type of CPU compiled in. -Alfred To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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