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SubjectRe: NexGen Nx586: documentation error?
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Sprach Ian Soboroff <ian@cs.umbc.edu>:
> 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.

Last time I booted my NexGen 586 it was linux 1.<something late>. But back
then I was able to work just fine in 486 mode. You definately have to
keep the FP emulation enabled unless you bought a NexGen 587. Make sure
you have all the BIOS updates installed... some of them include some
patches to the NexGen 586 microcode and/or configuration settings that
would effect you.

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