On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, James wrote:
Hi, I recompiled my kernal about 2 weeks ago and have been meaning to ask this: When it asks what chip I have, what whould I pick if I have a K6-II? I think I picked P5/Normal Pentium. Shoule I have picked PII? I hear that it doesn't really make a difference because the code isn't enhanced for the newer chips, is that right?
Are you using 2.2.x or 2.0.x? I thought under 2.2.x there was a K6 option (or there was an option that listed a bunch of CPU's and K6 was one of them.) Anyway, it does make a difference. I have a cyrix 6x86 150 I thought I could use the pentium kernel with it (2.2.9) but the pentium kernel doesn't work with cyrix 6x86's! Anyway, if you don't see an option for K6 just use what works. Maybe try putting a kernel for p2 on a floppy and see if it will boot :) If you don't use that kernel all the time it will at least be interesting to see what happens. later, Matt.