FC2 devel/i386 vs VIA EPIA boards

Boszormenyi Zoltan zboszor at freemail.hu
Tue Jan 20 06:50:15 UTC 2004


Leonard den Ottolander írta:
> Hi Dave,
>>>Am I right in concluding cmov is an i486 instruction then?
>>
>>No. First appeared in the PPro iirc. It's an optional extension to the
>>686 family.
> 
> 
> Yeah, just figured that out. It's a P6 instruction according to
> Dr.Dobb's (http://x86.ddj.com/secrets/opcodes/cmov.htm).

I just sent in the cpuinfo, I checked it again: cmov is missing.
So it's not close to a PII.

> (I sincerely hope Zoltán managed to install FC rawhide using the correct
> boot image, 'cause I feel a bit like hijacking the thread. ;)

No, I could'nt. :-( I can't work around the reboot after the machine pulled
the initrd image.

-- 
Best regards,
Zoltán Böszörményi

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