On 04/26/2011 09:55 AM, Johnny Hughes wrote: > 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) > It has been running 5.x just fine. It also runs the ayplus kernel fine too: uname -a Linux 2.6.32-71.24.1.el6.centos.ayplus.1.i686 #1 SMP Fri Apr 8 17:23:21 PDT 2011 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : CentaurHauls cpu family : 6 model : 13 model name : VIA Eden Processor 500MHz stepping : 0 cpu MHz : 498.783 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 : 997.56 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 32 bits virtual power management: -- Stephen Clark *NetWolves* Sr. Software Engineer III Phone: 813-579-3200 Fax: 813-882-0209 Email: steve.clark at netwolves.com http://www.netwolves.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110426/67dc0d68/attachment-0005.html>