Re: Cyrix 6x86 patches and problems

Patrick St. Jean (psj@cgmlarson.com)
Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:45:36 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Unfortunately, the Pre-MX Cyrix 6x86's are broken by design: the CPUID
> instruction is disabled by default. Your patch needs to detect a cyrix
> 6x86 cpu by other means, then enable CPUID so it can be readily
> identified. Otherwise, it will be detected as an i486.

I noticed that and I think it's now being worked on... Incorporating one
of the Cyrix patches to enable CPUID that is...

YMMV STCWN etc.

Pat

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