Subject: Re: Pentium Pro config option?
To: Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/16/1997 14:49:29
On Fri, 17 Jan 1997 00:46:57 +0200 (EET) 
 Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi> wrote:

 > How about Cyrix "pentium" chips?  My 1.2 system reports the CPU as a 486 :(

That's becuase "they are".  :-)

NetBSD-current has some better CPU detection code.. It should report
your Cyrix as a "Cyrix 5whatever", but it's still a 486-class CPU.

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