VIA processors?

Eric Anderson anderson at centtech.com
Wed Nov 17 15:37:31 UTC 2004


Gautherot, Olivier wrote:
> Hi!
>  
> I just had a quick look at the release notes for 5.3 and did not see the
> VIA processors in the supported list.
> Is it on purpose or did you forget about them? They come from Cyrix so
> they should be listed, I think...

Yes, they are supported.  No changes needed to any of the FreeBSD 
versions.  The VIA processors are fully x86 compatible, and are 
considered 'drop in' replacements for Intel's equivalent parts.

Cyrix is long gone, VIA is the parent company that sells them - Centaur 
Technology (the company I work for) designs them.

It probably should be added to the list though. :)


Eric


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