diff options
| author | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Nicolas Vigier <boklm@mageia.org> | 2013-04-14 13:46:12 +0000 |
| commit | 1be510f9529cb082f802408b472a77d074b394c0 (patch) | |
| tree | b175f9d5fcb107576dabc768e7bd04d4a3e491a0 /zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20100925/000218.html | |
| parent | fa5098cf210b23ab4f419913e28af7b1b07dafb2 (diff) | |
| download | archives-master.tar archives-master.tar.gz archives-master.tar.bz2 archives-master.tar.xz archives-master.zip | |
Diffstat (limited to 'zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20100925/000218.html')
| -rw-r--r-- | zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20100925/000218.html | 79 |
1 files changed, 79 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20100925/000218.html b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20100925/000218.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..635ec5a32 --- /dev/null +++ b/zarb-ml/mageia-dev/20100925/000218.html @@ -0,0 +1,79 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> +<HTML> + <HEAD> + <TITLE> [Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ? + </TITLE> + <LINK REL="Index" HREF="index.html" > + <LINK REL="made" HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20i686%20must%20be%20Pentium%20II%20%3F&In-Reply-To=%3CAANLkTik89EnkXqb%3DUyFQ3fzJg9SrPWmyEHt68G6b8N9e%40mail.gmail.com%3E"> + <META NAME="robots" CONTENT="index,nofollow"> + <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> + <LINK REL="Previous" HREF="000214.html"> + <LINK REL="Next" HREF="000220.html"> + </HEAD> + <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> + <H1>[Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ?</H1> + <B>R James</B> + <A HREF="mailto:mageia-dev%40mageia.org?Subject=Re%3A%20%5BMageia-dev%5D%20i686%20must%20be%20Pentium%20II%20%3F&In-Reply-To=%3CAANLkTik89EnkXqb%3DUyFQ3fzJg9SrPWmyEHt68G6b8N9e%40mail.gmail.com%3E" + TITLE="[Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ?">upsnag2 at gmail.com + </A><BR> + <I>Sat Sep 25 14:16:58 CEST 2010</I> + <P><UL> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000214.html">[Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000220.html">[Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#218">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#218">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#218">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#218">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + <HR> +<!--beginarticle--> +<PRE>On Sat, Sep 25, 2010 at 4:59 AM, Patrice BRUNELLE +<<A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">patrice.brunelle at free.fr</A>> wrote: +><i> Le vendredi 24 septembre 2010 à 15:51 -0500, R James a écrit : +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> Technically, the i686 started with the Pentium Pro.  (Remember that?  :o) +</I>>><i> +</I>>><i> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P6_(microarchitecture">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P6_(microarchitecture</A>) +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Yes I remember that. And ? +</I>><i> +</I>Its just a precision to the subject title. i686 began with the +Pentium Pro, not Pentium II. + +I'm not sure what performance benefits can be gained from compiling +for i686 vs i586. Probably not much except for multimedia +applications which most of those can auto-detect the CPU's +capabilities anyways. + +There are still people running AMD K6's (ie: me) which is also i586. +If we compile for i686 and newer, they won't even be able to boot the +installer. + +Therefore, I agree with the decision to keep i586 support. +</PRE> + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000214.html">[Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000220.html">[Mageia-dev] i686 must be Pentium II ? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#218">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#218">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#218">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#218">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |