This is normal.
As far as Linux is concerned your K6's MTRR registers conform to the i586
specs, not i686 specs...
If you set your kernel to use i686 code you'll get a bunch of i686 MTRR
errors during bootup.
-JMS
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Subject: Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:02:09PM +0200, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:02 +0000, Larry Marshall wrote:
> >
> > > It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on
until
> > > the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors.
> >
> > Mandrake doesn't seem to know that :-) I have the same problem Ken
> > has and I'm running an AMD K6-2 500.
>
> Same here: AMD K6-2 400 being recognized by MDK 7.2 as i586
>
> wobo
My K6-3 450 is recognised by LM7.2 as i586 also.
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