The three basic sources of documentation are Cyrix, IBM and Intel. You can find most if not all documentation online on the Internet. Intel, Cyrix and IBM have specific Application Notes that address the problems of CPU identification, power dissipation and performance optimization.
The Cyrix site provides a complete set of technical documents.
The IBM site provides essentially the same information as the Cyrix site, but you may prefer the IBM format.
One very often has to refer to Pentium documentation, and Intel provides it to the general public from their Web site. However, I prefer the sandpile.org site for Pentium info: it's visually clean, straightforward, and avoids the marketing BS that cripples Intel's site.
Patches for Linux 2.x series kernels can be downloaded from the Linux Mama site, maintained by Kurt Huwig. Thanks, Kurt!
The basic inspiration for this mini-HOWTO page was provided by:
Interesting 6x86 information can also be found at:
A
serious performance
test of the 6x86MX PR-200 CPU, unfortunately without any Linux benchmarks,
by J.P. Zanier. Jean-Paul also under and overclocked the CPU to get 6x86MX
PR166 and PR233 benchmark results.
A
page on Cyrix/IBM
6x86 CPUs and compatible motherboards by Steffen Hübner. You will
find an excellent list of links at the bottom of this page.The following are well-designed and informative sites about CPUs (including the 6x86 and 6x86MX), motherboards, video cards, hard disks and other bits of hardware:
The
PC Guide, a gigantic site about PC hardware, setup by Charles M. Kozierok.
If you want to upgrade any component in your GNU/Linux box, you must
visit this site.
Last updated on November 9, 1997.
Copyright 1997 Andrew D. Balsa