Re: CyrixInstead ?

Nicolai P Guba (nicolai@jungle.bt.co.uk)
02 Aug 1998 08:46:48 +0100


"ADB" == Andrew Derrick Balsa <andrebalsa@altern.org> writes:

ADB> Hi Rob, On Wed, 29 Jul 1998, Rob Dale wrote: ....
>> Hmm.. What's the recommended setting for a K6? I always compile as
>> 486. :)

ADB> You would probably prefer to compile the kernel as a Pentium or PPro.

I certainly would, but then the CPU is not detected as Cyrix. Thus my message.

ADB> All the above remarks apply to 2.0.x kernels. I am not current on 2.1.x
ADB> kernel code. Please correct if I am missing something.

I've found this problem with the later 2.0.35 and 2.1.x kernels, both
advertising Cyrix detection.

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