Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:05:42 -0400 (EDT) | From | Gregory Maxwell <> | Subject | Re: NexGen Nx586: documentation error? |
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The docs are wrong. The Nx586 is actually a very fast 386. It does not support bswap or wpbit stuff.. Apps must be compiled with -m386 or they will not works.
On 13 Jul 1999, Ian Soboroff wrote:
> > In Documentation/Configure.help, the help for Proceesor family > recommends selecting '486' for a NexGen Nx586. I have one of these > beasts, and choosing this fails to boot because the Nx586 apparently > does not honor the WP bit. I could only manage to boot a kernel > compiled for 386 and including FP emulation. > > Is there a BIOS setting I need to frob, or is a documentation error? > If someone else with a NexGen Nx586 could chime in, I'll put together > the patch if it's indeed the help that's wrong. > > ian
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