On Wednesday 29 August 2007, wireless wrote:
> Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Wednesday 29 August 2007, wireless wrote:
> >> This example is for the i586, as we have several of those to work
> >> with. Is there an index or list of the various x86 processor types
> >> and the arch choices that should be used?
> >
> > whatever GCC supports ?  Gentoo is built on other projects, so
> > limitations in those are the same exact limitations the Gentoo has
> >
> >> for example
> >>
> >> AMD K6             i586
> >> elon SC520 i486
> >> intel p#   i686
> >> Geode              i586
> >> ......
> >
> > go to wikipedia.org ... it has a list of things like this
>
> Yes, lots of information in wikipedia related to this issue.
> What I was looking for is a concise list of processors
> and which category they fall into..
>
> GNAP supports i386 and i486. Does it go all the way thru 64 bit
> arch's?

i dont see how you can correlate i386 and i486 with 64bit ... they are 
different architectures (x86 and x86_64).  further more, every x86_64 
processor supports i686 in its 32bit compatibility mode.

> Embedded Gentoo seems to be another (fuller) variant that is more like
> a striped down gentoo for embedded. How low down the arch can you
> go? i586? Lower? i386?

again, the limitations here are not Gentoo.  gcc and uClibc both support i386, 
therefore Embedded Gentoo can run on an i386.

> So from what has been said, 'embedded gentoo' only has these choices for
> builds: i586, i686, and higher?

who said that ?

> If there are lower arch support, then where do I find i486 stage files
> and such?

the uClibc stages on our mirrors target i386.  if you want/need something 
else, you'll have to build it.
-mike

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