> Followup to: <8767xcppho.fsf@phaedrus.uchicago.edu>
> By author: stephen farrell <sfarrell@healthquiz.com>
> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> >
> > what is the status of linux on the AMD K6 -- does it work? how does
> > it benchmark? what are people's opinions about the K6?
> >
>
> I can confirm that currently the K6 does **NOT** work with Linux, at
> least not version 2.0.27 that is on the Red Hat boot disk. On my
> brand new K6-PR166 it displays the same symptoms as have previously
> been reported to this list. Man, am I bummed. However, I'll see if
> I can find a fix.
>
> -hpa
Hmm... I've been running Linux on a K6 225MHz now for 2 weeks, and I didnt
have any problems whatsoever with it.
processor : 0
cpu : 586
model : 6
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
stepping : 1
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid : yes
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx
bogomips : 450.59
It's actually a 200MHz overclocked to 225MHz.
Linux aimee 2.0.30 #6 Wed Apr 30 03:23:34 MET DST 1997 i586
And I might add that I did the installation with the standard RedHat 4.1
disks.
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