Re: Linux & Cyrix

[Mark Seiler mseiler@xxxxxxxx]

Wendell Cochran wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Mark Seiler wrote:
>
> >
> > > Can any XyWriter comment on using OS/2 with a Cyrix CPU --
> > > specifically the Cyrix 6x86 - 166 ?
>
> >  I run OS/2 WARP on a Cyrix 6x86-166 and have experienced no
> problems
> > of which I am aware. There is a none incompatability with Linux and
> the
> > Cyrix 6-series chips.
>
> Many thanks for the reassurance.
>
> In fact I do contemplate Linux, & also know a developer who runs Linux
>
> with a Cyrix 6x86-166; despite all provocation he has mentioned no
> incompatability.
>
> Can you specify the trouble, briefly?
>
> Ad astra per aspera . . .
>
> Wendell

 There is a patch that is available for the 2.+ kernels that addresses
the Cyrix processor. As I run Linux on a Pentium, I am not sure of the
specific problem, but there is message traffic on some of the Linux
USENET groups (comp.os.linux.hardware/srtup/misc) that make reference to
the issue.

Mark