OK, I decided to try my hand at fixing up some of the Configure.help doc. I made the
CPU help match the actual options.
--- Configure.help.orig Tue Feb 15 13:45:38 2000
+++ Configure.help Tue Feb 15 13:45:41 2000
@@ -2102,15 +2102,15 @@
- "386" for the AMD/Cyrix/Intel 386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX, Cyrix/TI
486DLC/DLC2 and UMC 486SX-S. Only "386" kernels will run on a 386
class machine.
- - "486" for the AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel 486DX/DX2/DX4 or
+ - "486/Cx486" for the AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel 486DX/DX2/DX4 or
SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2, AMD/Cyrix 5x86, NexGen Nx586 and
UMC U5D or U5S.
- - "586" for generic Pentium CPUs, possibly lacking the TSC
+ - "586/K5/5x86/6x86" for generic Pentium CPUs, possibly lacking the TSC
(time stamp counter) register.
- - "Pentium" for the Intel Pentium/Pentium MMX, AMD K5, K6 and
- K6-3D.
- - "PPro" for the Cyrix/IBM/National Semiconductor 6x86MX, MII and
+ - "Pentium/ISC" for the Intel Pentium/Pentium MMX, and AMD K5.
+ - "PPro/6x86MX" for the Cyrix/IBM/National Semiconductor 6x86MX, MII and
Intel Pentium II/Pentium Pro.
+ - "K6/II/III" for the AMD K6.
If you don't know what to do, choose "386".
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