Re: Debian and K6-2
Paulo J. da Silva e Silva hat gesagt: // Paulo J. da Silva e Silva wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am planning to do an upgrade from a Pentium 233MHz to an K6-2 350MHz. I
> really like the idea of a faster processor combined with a faster bus. Maybe
> I'll manage to compile the kernel in less than 3 minutes :-)!
>
> But I would like to know if Linux behave well in such machines. I've heard
> that tere are two K6 bugs that can't be worked around by kernel (and are
> reported at boot time). What are they? Are they dangerous?
This was the case with very early AMD K6 chips and has long been resolved.
Everything by AMD above 266 MHz never had those problems.
Also the 100MHz bus speed of the newer motherboards usually work well.
Go for it!
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