On Friday 20 June 2003 15:40, Josip Rodin wrote: > On Fri, Jun 20, 2003 at 02:25:52PM +0200, Adam Borowski wrote: > > As i686 is already like ten(?) years old, > > I was intrigued by this statement and went to look it up. > > CPU: Released: > ------------------------- > 80386 1985 > 80486 1989 > Pentium 1993 > Pentium Pro 1995 > > > I would say 99.9% [1] machines that run sarge are 686 and higher > > > > [1] 90% of statistics are made up on the spot. > > Right. I can't say I have many <i686 machines, but I can certainly think of > at least one i586 and one i486 that I'd like to be able upgrade to 3.1 when > it comes out. > I think there are a few more <i686 than you think. The AMD K6 processors doesnt support all the i686 instructions. I still have a K6-2 300 based server, and it's pleanty fast. But more specialized libraries for i686 would be a welcomed thing, both the scheduling and additional instructions can give _significant_ speed-ups for many applications.
`Allan
