Subject: Re: I586_CPU and I686_CPU
To: Alex <xela@MIT.EDU>
From: Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 09/09/1998 13:00:26
On Wed, 9 Sep 1998, Alex wrote:

: > These days, some processors aren't what you expect.  (Case in point:  Cyrix
: > 6x86 are 486-class even though they're Pentium-speed.)
: 
: In the "let's get our facts straight" department:

: cpu0: Cyrix 6x86MX (686-class)

Hm.  Perhaps "some" 6x86's are?  There was a thread about this a while back,
where at least some of the chips were showing up as 486-class.

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