Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Cyrix anyone? | Date | Sun, 23 Jun 1996 17:08:26 +0100 (BST) |
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> In article <199606211739.NAA07795@nic.ott.hookup.net>, > Andrew E. Mileski <aem@nic.ott.hookup.net> wrote: > > So it is impossible to make a Pentium(Pro) clone, but you _can_ > > make a faster "mostly compatible" processor Like Cyrix has done. > > If the additional Pentium features are only available under NDA, then > I'm guessing that Linux does not take use them. So for Linux an Intel > chip has no advantage over a clone, correct?
We use several "undocumented" Pentium features, the most important being the 4Mb page support. Thats one we can really measure in performance terms. All the stuff thats non documented is, its all on the superb http://www.x86.org site
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