Re: 2.1.115 and Cyrix detection

Rob Dale (rob@nb.net)
Thu, 02 Jan 1997 08:40:25 -0500

Fuzzy Fox wrote:
>
> Okay, I looked over the FAQ, and it states that it's normal for a Cyrix
> chip to be detected as a 486 chip. It points me to a site which talks
> about a patch for the kernel to recognize the chip, but that patch is
> against a very old version of the kernel (2.1.65), so I wonder if it
> will apply (I seem to recall that it did not, last time I tried).
>
> I also noticed that in 2.1.109, the CPU detection code was radically
> changed, with the comment "This should finally get the Cyrix case right.
> Please test."
>
> There appears to be a lot of Cyrix detection and reporting code built
> into this kernel (2.1.115).
>
> Well, I am sad to say that my Cyrix is still not detected, and is
> reported as a 486. Is anyone else using this chip and having it
> reported correctly? What can I do to troubleshoot this?

Why not port the Jumbo patch (against 2.0.35) to 2.1.x?
It does proper detection of most everything.
http://www.nb.net/~rob/amd/amd.html

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Robert Dale


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