My K6-2/500 shows up as an i586. My Cyrix M2/PR300 shows up as an
i686. There's something about the K6 that prevents it from qualifying
as an i686.
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> It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until
> the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors.
>
> Ken Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 03/28/2001 11:59:33 AM
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> Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:25 am, you wrote:
> > ummmmm.... The K6 should be recognized as an i686. The Pentium 60-233mmx,
> > Cyrix 6x86/MX, and AMD K5 were all i586 type processors. The PPro
> 150-200,
> > P2/3, and K6/6-2 would be considered i686.
>
> My AMD K6-2 450 is NOT recognized as i686 by makdrake.
> On the other hand, my intel PII 400 is, go figure...
>
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