Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Barry K. Nathan" <> | Subject | [BUG?] AMD 5x86 and 2.4 (was Re: [BUG?] AMD K5 and 2.4) | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:58:27 -0800 (PST) |
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It looks like I was mistaken in my original message. I have an AMD 5x86, not a K5.
Nevertheless, menuconfig lists the 586 option as "586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX". But, it fails to boot on my 5x86 and I have to compile for a 486 (for 2.4). As I mentioned in my previous message, the 586/... option boots with 2.2.
I just noticed that, under both 2.2 and 2.4, uname -a identifies the machine as an i486.
Should the 486 option be changed to "486/5x86" and the 586/... option changed to "586/K5/6x86/6x86MX"? Or is there a bug here that needs fixing? (IIRC, Cyrix and IBM made 5x86's as well - are those more like fast 486's or slow Pentiums? I don't remember. If they're like Pentiums, perhaps "486/AMD 5x86" and "586/non-AMD 5x86/6x86/6x86MX"...?)
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