rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tuesday 08 Oct 2002 10:37 pm, Ben Reser wrote: > everybody who has an i686 machine is missing the point. Every rpm on the
actually it's rather "you are missing the point", it seems. > installation cd's are for i568, so why is there a directory named i686. the because optimizing the glibc makes a big difference, the rest of the programs can stay for i586 it doesn't make a big difference. > fact is that if the rpms are for i586 then the kernel should be for i586 and it is. > anybody who has a i586 should recompile the kernel themselves. ok the > processer or the software that identifies it is bugged, but if the i686 finally you got the point. yes, the kernel which identifies the processor has a bug with via. this is what everybody keeps saying. > directory had not been there, this whole problem would not have happened :-) well, yes, and if we would use a windows kernel the whole problem would also not have happened.. -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
