Blue Lightning was an i486 core in a i386SX/DX compatible package (usually SX). AMD's i386DX's predate Blue Lightning by about 5 years.
Adam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Lambert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Bob Bishop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "M. Warner Losh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 10:57 AM Subject: Re: Any ideas why we can't even boot a i386 ? > Bob Bishop wrote: > > At 21:06 28/2/03, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > >[...] We have some a few embedded systems coming back > > >from the field soon and I plan on trying some tests on them (they are > > >amd 386, so might not be good for you). [etc] > > > > IIRC AMD had a mask deal with Intel for the 386, so should be OK. > > Are you sure that AMD did not use the IBM "Blue Lightening" > core? > > I'm pretty sure that there are a huge number of embedded controllers > that used the Intel 386GX macrocell, though... > > -- Terry > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
