Re: Cyrix 6x86 patches and problems
Brian Gerst (bgerst@quark.vpplus.com)
Fri, 31 Oct 1997 11:32:38 -0500
Andre Derrick Balsa wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you would like to know more about the Linux Cyrix patches, or simply
> exchange ideas and information about Cyrix 6x86/motherboard
> compatibility problems, please take a look at my pages on Linux/Cyrix
> 6x86 compatibility:
>
> http://www.tux.org/~balsa/linux/cyrix
>
> Contributions are welcome and acknowledged.
>
> There is also a page for VSPM (click on the "Under Construction" icon).
>
> One more note: I don't think the Cyrix patch should make it into the
> kernel source, although it's a good patch. A simple utility like set6x86
> does most everything the patch does, and runs in user space.
>
The kernel should at least be able to *identify* a cyrix processor as a
cyrix instead of a 486, and that would require patching the kernel. The
performance options probably should be left to user space though.
--
Brian Gerst