"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote:
>
> Linda Walsh wrote:
> >
> > Found this interesting bit of trivia in the glibc library source:
> >
> > i686> more Implies
> > # Due to the reordering and the oher nifty extensions in the i686 it is
> > # not really good to use heavily i586 optimized code on a i686. It's
> > # better to use i486/i386 code.
> >
> > Under i786 I found the comment that the Pentium II core was almost the
> > same as the Pentium Pro. Maybe Mandrake should optimize for i686, else
> > it means for anyone with a Pentium-Pro or higher is probably better off
> > running on a 386/486 based distro. :-(
>
> But can't you compile from Mandrake kernel source and set the CPU type
> at i686/PPro? That's what I did...
>
> -Stephen-
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That's great for us developer types -- but for the end user who
just is interested in an 'off-the-shelf' distro ready to go for them,
optimizing for the 'pentium' (at the expense of 3/4/6/7)86 seems
sub-optimal. At least with 686 optimization, you would have 786 (PII)
and 886 (PIII) compatible optimization as well.
-l
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