On Tuesday 29 April 2003 16:40, Hamish Moffatt wrote: > On Sun, Apr 27, 2003 at 04:32:37PM -0400, Nathanael Nerode wrote:
> > * i486 guarantees a 32-bit external data bus (386SX has a 16-bit bus.). > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2003/debian-devel-200304/msg02043.ht > >ml Not sure if there's anyone programming to the data bus. :-) > > This is simply an advantage of the 386DX or 486+; it shouldn't affect > compiled code. Just a guess: some error could occur between the first and second halfword on 386SX, where a 32 bit access on all other machines is atomic - this might matter for some operations -- vbi -- OpenPGP encrypted mail welcome - my key: http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/92082481
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