Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> | Subject | Re: cpuinfo & Cyrix 6x86 | Date | Wed, 27 Nov 1996 19:32:12 -0500 (EST) |
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> > > Why is the Cyrix 6x86 seen as a 486 in /proc/cpuinfo? > > > Isn't it a Pentium-class cpu? > > > > It is only a fast 486. > > This is an inaccurate statement. Please read the Cyrix 6x86 architecture > handbook, available from Cyrix's web site in PDF format. Or I can bounce > them to you, if you prefer.
If the Cyrix 6x86 is 100% software compatible, and 100% hardware compatible, according to Cyrix and their advocates, then why does this topic keep comming up? :-p
If anyone wants to continue this off-topic thread in E-Mail, I'll be glad to play advocate for _either_ chip :-)
-- Andrew E. Mileski mailto:aem@ott.hookup.net Linux Plug-and-Play Kernel Project http://www.redhat.com/linux-info/pnp/ XFree86 Matrox Team http://www.bf.rmit.edu.au/~ajv/xf86-matrox.html
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