Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 27 May 1996 19:20:59 -0500 (CDT) | From | <> | Subject | Re: Triton II and Cyrix 6X86 |
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On Mon, 27 May 1996, Lauri Tischler wrote: > Anno Domini 23 May 96 at 11:17, Sudish Joseph wrote: > > Works fine for me on a SuperMicro Triton-II board. I've run every > > kernel from 1.3.95 to 1.99.2 (well, I did run .3 and .4 but they > > generate spurious ide interrupts that I'll report once I get my home > > email setup working :-). > > > This answers my original question, thanks for all who replied :) > > How about Cyrix processors, any special setup's etc.. ??
No, the /proc/cpuinfo information is wrong, but I'm working on fixing that. Another thing is that the Cyrix has a bunch of configuration registers that are interesting. The biggest win seems to be that the Cyrix supports a low-power halt that reduces the power draw by an order of magnitude. The CPU disspates 22 watts maximum and runs quite hot. Turning on the low-power halt makes the processor run _extremely_ cool. I'm almost finished with a utility for manipulating these control registers.
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