[CentOS] RHEL 6/CentOS

Tue Apr 26 13:55:16 UTC 2011
Johnny Hughes <johnny at centos.org>

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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