Re: Optimisations query

2001-01-07 Thread Michel Alexandre Salim
> However Red Hat seems to have solved the same problem with RH 7.0 - > despite whatever else that release is. They do this by compiling to a > target CPU of i686 but keeping the target platform to i386. Not too > ideal for AMD users I suppose (I have one Intel and one AMD box myself) > but better

Re: Optimisations query

2001-01-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 10:43:38AM +, Michel Alexandre Salim wrote: > However Red Hat seems to have solved the same problem with RH 7.0 - > despite whatever else that release is. They do this by compiling to a > target CPU of i686 but keeping the target platform to i386. Not too > ideal for AMD

Optimisations query

2001-01-07 Thread Michel Alexandre Salim
Hello, I was just thinking about one thread of discussion that happens quite some time ago on having optimised Debian packages, which resulted in the conclusion that it 1. not enough speed benefit 2. uses up too much bandwith However Red Hat seems to have solved the same problem with RH 7.0 - de