[CentOS] RHEL 6/CentOS
Johnny Hughes
johnny at centos.org
Tue Apr 26 13:55:16 UTC 2011
On 04/26/2011 07:48 AM, Steve Clark wrote:
> On 04/26/2011 08:43 AM, Brunner, Brian T. wrote:
>> centos-bounces at centos.org wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Anybody know the reason RedHat decided not to support the
>>> VIA Eden Processor?
>> Possibly ... Does that processor have PAE? The non-PAE kernel was
>> dropped, the current 'normal' kernel requires a PAE-capable processor.
>>
>>
>>> UNSUPPORTED HARDWARE DEVICE: Centaur Processor
>>> ------------[ cut here ]------------
> Appears to:
> cat /proc/cpuinfo
> processor : 0
> vendor_id : CentaurHauls
> cpu family : 6
> model : 13
> model name : VIA Eden Processor 500MHz
> stepping : 0
> cpu MHz : 498.788
> cache size : 128 KB
> fdiv_bug : no
> hlt_bug : no
> f00f_bug : no
> coma_bug : no
> fpu : yes
> fpu_exception : yes
> cpuid level : 1
> wp : yes
> flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
> cmov pat
> clflush acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm nx up pni est tm2 xtpr rng rng_en ace
> ace_en a
> ce2 ace2_en phe phe_en pmm pmm_en
> bogomips : 997.57
> clflush size : 64
> cache_alignment : 64
> address sizes : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual
> power management:
My understanding is that this CPU is not even completely i686 compatible
... does CentOS-5 even work with that?
I thought that VIA Eden required i586 kernel and i386 or i586 glibc ...
(this may be a newer version than the one I tested 4-5 years ago)
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