Re: Menuconfig help error for processor selection. 2.2.0pre5 (fwd)

Michael Elizabeth Chastain (mec@shout.net)
Thu, 7 Jan 1999 10:32:59 -0600


Hi Mike,

> I wrote this message for pre4, but it wasn't fixed for pre5.
> Originally it was just sent to l-k, but now I've sent it to the
> menuconfig maintainer as well as Linus. The menuconfig screen
> and the help screen for it are inconsistent on the processor
> selection screen - leading one to say "Which one is right?"

I'm looking at pre5. It looks fixed to me. The menuconfig screen
says Pentium/K6/TSC, and the help text says: "Pentium" for the Intel
Pentium/Pentium MMX, AMD K5, K6, and K6-3D.

> Also, I believe the K5 fits into the Pentium TSC selection whereas
> the 2 screens also disagree.

You have a point here; the two screens are not consistent:
arch/i386/Config.in has the line 586/K5/5x86/6x86
Documentation/Configure.help mentions K5 in the machines that have a TSC.

Michael Elizabeth Chastain
<mailto:mec@shout.net>
"love without fear"

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