>> > The 6x86P150+ should be called "6x86P100-" :)

>> Are you sure that the caches are recognized and set the same with

>Hum, are the caches enabled/disabled by the bios, or NetBSD ?

Should be by the BIOS, or not at all! :-)

>I didn't change anyting in the bios (it detects the (rigth) cpu type 
>by itself), and NetBSD didn't says anything about caches.

NetBSD shouldn't say anything about caches -- it shouldn't need to
know.

>> both processors? If I remember correctly, a German computer magazine
>> recently tested the performance of both, and the Cyrix perfomed like
>> advertised. I have to check again to be sure, though.

I have also seen lots of published info lately stating that they Cyrix
6x86 processors pretty much live up to their claims.

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