[SLE] Horsepower Upgrade
G'day folks!
Great news (for me, anyway)! I'm finally getting to replace my worn-out
old Cyrix 300 CPU with an AMD K6-500.
The mobo will handle it OK, but I'm wondering about the kernel (standard
SuSE 6.4). Since it was installed with the Cyrix, will it automagically
handle the AMD? I know there is some sort of 'stepping routine' that the
Cyrix needs, and I wonder whether this is set in the kernel on install,
or is it called at bootup time only if needed?
Any ideas?
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ECKYTECH COMPUTING/
SQIT Warwick
Greetings, I run SuSE 6.4 on a AMD K6-500 system without any problems. The kernel now is 2.2.14 from SuSE update. I haven't done anything special to tune the kernel for AMD. I assume it should work for you too. HTH, Kastus On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, Don Hansford wrote:
G'day folks! Great news (for me, anyway)! I'm finally getting to replace my worn-out old Cyrix 300 CPU with an AMD K6-500. The mobo will handle it OK, but I'm wondering about the kernel (standard SuSE 6.4). Since it was installed with the Cyrix, will it automagically handle the AMD? I know there is some sort of 'stepping routine' that the Cyrix needs, and I wonder whether this is set in the kernel on install, or is it called at bootup time only if needed? Any ideas?
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Kastus wrote:
Greetings,
I run SuSE 6.4 on a AMD K6-500 system without any problems. The kernel now is 2.2.14 from SuSE update. I haven't done anything special to tune the kernel for AMD. I assume it should work for you too.
HTH, Kastus
Just set it up - works like a rocket!!!! Yeehah!
Have to put a seatbelt on the keyboard, now :-)
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Don Hansford wrote:
Great news (for me, anyway)! I'm finally getting to replace my worn-out old Cyrix 300 CPU with an AMD K6-500.
I'm about to do a processor upgrade on my fastest machine: from a Cyrix P150+ to an Intel Pentium 166 MMX. No joke... ^^^^^^^
The mobo will handle it OK, but I'm wondering about the kernel (standard SuSE 6.4). Since it was installed with the Cyrix, will it automagically handle the AMD? I know there is some sort of 'stepping routine' that the Cyrix needs, and I wonder whether this is set in the kernel on install, or is it called at bootup time only if needed?
There shouldn't be any problems whatsoever, especially if you're using the stock SuSE kernel. Bye, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq
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