Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: Linux and 6x86 | From | (Joel N. Squire) | Date | 07 Dec 1996 13:38:34 -0700 |
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"Yakko J. Warner" <yakko@village.ios.com> writes:
> > > B. James Phillippe wrote this: > > > I think that 2.1.5+ is looking best so far. From experience, I've > >had wonderful results with everything past 2.1.5 (my only complaint is > >that masquerading is broked past 2.1.9, so I can't run [test] those > >kernels 'cause I need masquerading). Use Mike Jagdis' Definitive Cyrix > >Patch #3, it works very well. I have a Cx6x86 P150+ Step 1 rev 7 chip on > >a Tyan Titan III. > > i tried the cyrix patch #3, and it patched in mostly clean (had to manually > patch linux/arch/i386/defconfig), and compiled cleanly. i was able to make > modules, and all that (this is 2.1.14, btw). on booting this new kernel, > however, the machine hangs when VFS goes to mount / as read-only. tried > commenting out the SUSP_HLT part in head.S- no change.. so, i backed the > changes out..
Interesting, mine hangs in the same spot. Disabling VSPM got it working again. FWIW, I've been using the SUSP_HLT bit for months with no problems.
I've got a Rev 1.5 chip.
> dunno what step/rev this 6x86-150 i have is.. i bought it in july of 96.. > if there's an easy way of determining the step/rev of this chip, i'd > appreciate. > > Chris [who, btw, is mucho happy with his cyrix..] > > \\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\ > \ A!JW22 WAR+++i^ P&B++ HN+++! SL++i^ RI++ I++++ \ yakko@village.ios.com \ > \ P++ Dai T428 $++++dmvap E70a H5 PonSadMeal \ yakkoj@ix.netcom.com \ > \ Vr++m++ Xpackage \ yakko@wtower.com \ > \\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\\////\\\ >
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