On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 06:34:25PM +0200, MaD dUCK wrote: > also sprach Nathan E Norman (on Fri, 22 Jun 2001 11:01:13AM -0500): > > Well, for one thing, you can compile kernels on your 1GHz Athlon > > instead of your old 486 :) Since kernel-package creates a package, it > > can be installed anywhere. > > but i usually choose the appropriate kernel architecture during the > menuconfig session, and while the 486 will run on the Athlon, it's not > vice versa. and am i not correct in believeing that it's better e.g. > for a pentium to run a P5 kernel rather than a 386 kernel... > performance wise?
True, but you can/should configure and compile separately for each destination architecture, optimizing appropriately.
