Messages in this thread | | | From | "Anthony Barbachan" <> | Subject | Re: NexGen Nx586: documentation error? | Date | Wed, 14 Jul 1999 00:26:14 -0400 |
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From what I remember, the Nx586 may have been as fast as a pentium however it only had a 386 instruction set. Basically a super 386.
----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Soboroff <ian@cs.umbc.edu> To: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: Tuesday, July 13, 1999 10:32 AM Subject: NexGen Nx586: documentation error?
> > In Documentation/Configure.help, the help for Proceesor family > recommends selecting '486' for a NexGen Nx586. I have one of these > beasts, and choosing this fails to boot because the Nx586 apparently > does not honor the WP bit. I could only manage to boot a kernel > compiled for 386 and including FP emulation. > > Is there a BIOS setting I need to frob, or is a documentation error? > If someone else with a NexGen Nx586 could chime in, I'll put together > the patch if it's indeed the help that's wrong. > > ian > > -- > ---- > Ian Soboroff ian@cs.umbc.edu > University of MD Baltimore County http://www.cs.umbc.edu/~ian > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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