Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 02 Jan 1997 08:40:25 -0500 | From | Rob Dale <> | Subject | Re: 2.1.115 and Cyrix detection |
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Fuzzy Fox wrote: > > Okay, I looked over the FAQ, and it states that it's normal for a Cyrix > chip to be detected as a 486 chip. It points me to a site which talks > about a patch for the kernel to recognize the chip, but that patch is > against a very old version of the kernel (2.1.65), so I wonder if it > will apply (I seem to recall that it did not, last time I tried). > > I also noticed that in 2.1.109, the CPU detection code was radically > changed, with the comment "This should finally get the Cyrix case right. > Please test." > > There appears to be a lot of Cyrix detection and reporting code built > into this kernel (2.1.115). > > Well, I am sad to say that my Cyrix is still not detected, and is > reported as a 486. Is anyone else using this chip and having it > reported correctly? What can I do to troubleshoot this?
Why not port the Jumbo patch (against 2.0.35) to 2.1.x? It does proper detection of most everything. http://www.nb.net/~rob/amd/amd.html
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