On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Stan Bubrouski wrote:
> On Tue, 2003-12-30 at 13:36, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> > From: Pierre Pronchery <[email protected]>
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Linux on Cyrix 6x86
> > Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 15:19:18 +0100
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've just compiled Linux 2.4.23 for a Cyrix 6x86 P166+ processor, with
> > the appropriate "Processor family" option "586/K5/5x86/6x86/6x86MX"
> > (CONFIG_M586=y). It says it's for 586-compatible processors, possibly
> > lacking the TSC register, though the kernel panic'd at boot, saying it
> > needed a TSC register.
> >
>
> I have the same processor in my old archive machine with an ancient
> 2.0.36 kernel. I do recall the kernel is an i586 and I believe there
> was a cyrix CPU option back then (I have to take the drives out of that
> machine and put them in this one to check as the system stopped booting
> a few days ago). So looks like a bug.
Pierre informed me privately that he was doing something wrong --- he
managed to boot 2.4.23 with CONFIG_M586 on his Cyrix processor.