On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 02:08:46PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote: > >* what opcodes need to be emulated? > <snip> > > * all 386->486 opcodes (there's just a few of them, right?) > This is the correct answer. :-) Then all programs can be compiled with > gcc --arch=i486 --tune=i686 (which should probably be mandated as the > standard, in fact). > > >* do you need SMP on 80386? Is there even such thing as 80386 SMP > > machines? Not requiring SMP support would make the ABI change > > trivial... > I think there is no such thing as SMP for 80386.
There is afaik. Not in widespread use though, and the Linux kernel hasn't been ported to that hardware. I think we can safely ignore this hardware without stepping on anyone's toes... /David -- /) David Weinehall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /) Northern lights wander (\ // Maintainer of the v2.0 kernel // Dance across the winter sky // \) http://www.acc.umu.se/~tao/ (/ Full colour fire (/