Re: Linux and 6x86

jdhazard (jdhazard@texas.net)
Fri, 7 Dec 2096 01:21:03 -0600


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> From: James L. McGill <fishbowl@fotd.netcomi.com>
> To: B. James Phillippe <bryan@terran.org>
> Cc: seth <seth.edwards@pobox.com>; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
> Subject: Re: Linux and 6x86
> Date: Friday, December 06, 1996 6:20 PM
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> On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, B. James Phillippe wrote:
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> > > kernel would be the best to run using the Cyrix 6x86. I've followed
most
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> > I think that 2.1.5+ is looking best so far. From experience, I've
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> Is this meant to imply that Cyrix chips are a problem?
> Is there some reason they are not compatable with e.g., 2.0.27 ?
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I have had no problems compiling and running the Cyrix Patch#3 on a P120
with 2.1.9 - 2.1.13. However, 2.1.14 compiles but fails to compile the
modules when I try to make modules.

Jeff