>option doesn't go away. I have a NSC Geode here that most
things see as
>i586, but it doesn't have a working TSC so the pentium kernel will
>generally crash, and it actually performs better with i486 code (despite
>supporting MMX).
Geode has a working TSC. Like anything but the pre MMX pentium it runs 486
or 686 code better than 586
Interesting... mine fails to boot a kernel built with TSC support. I'll
have to look into that a bit more - thanks for the info.
Craig Ringer