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by **Jay Thorn** » Mon, 31 Mar 1997 04:00:00

> I successfully patched my Linux 2.0.29 installation to recognize my Cyrix 6x86
> chip - shows up fine in /proc/cpuinfo.

> However, if I engage the 6x86's VSPM paging mechanism, it fails to boot and
> promptly resets itself. Has anyone seen this problem? (and yes my 6x86 is a step
> 1 revision 7, so it's not one of the earlier buggy ones).

> Also does anyone knows if the patch I applied is in the newer Linux patch
> releases (2.0.30 or better?) - I obtained it from a web site (not
> ftp.kernel.org)

> Regards,

My Cy150+ doesnt like the VSPM code either. I assume that it
only works with certain bioses. Mine is Award, 430VX chipset. Yours?

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by **Tim** » Tue, 01 Apr 1997 04:00:00

At the risk of me-tooing, my P150+ also fails to boot with VSPM enabled.
Mine is a 1 Rev 6, so it may fall into the "buggy" class, although it has
given me no other grief (Award BIOS on a Biostar 8500 MB).

To give a non-authoratative answer (the standard usenet kind) to the first
poster's second question, I have not seen anything to indicate that these
patches have been integrated into the development kernels. (But that
doesn't mean they haven't been :) )

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Cyrix 6x86 P200+ chip and Linux 2.0.29

Cyrix 6x86 P200+ chip and Linux 2.0.29

Cyrix 6x86 P200+ chip and Linux 2.0.29