On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 10:43:38AM +0000, 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 users I suppose (I have one Intel and one AMD box myself) > but better than nothing? > > This comes to mind when thinking about some assertions I've seen made > that glibc 2.2 only works on i486 and better on Intels. If so, all the > better - since Woody will be based on it why not compile all to a target > CPU of i686 and target platform of i486?
Do all of these binaries actually run properly on 386, 486, Pentium, K6*, Cyrix, IDT, and Athlon chips, and any other x86 compatibles? No? Then forget it. The configuration notes for the kernel, for example, specifically say: If you specify one of "486" or "586" or "Pentium" or "PPro", then the kernel will not necessarily run on earlier architectures (e.g. a Pentium optimized kernel will run on a PPro, but not necessarily on a i486). Hamish.. no Intel chips in use at my place, thanks. -- Hamish Moffatt VK3SB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
