[CentOS] RHEL 6/CentOS

Tue Apr 26 15:02:57 UTC 2011
Steve Clark <sclark at netwolves.com>

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:




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Stephen Clark
*NetWolves*
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