Re: i686 Port

2007-08-30 Thread Jörg-Volker Peetz
Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 04:06:10PM +0100, Richard Thompson wrote: >> I was wondering why debian doesn't have a port of packages optimised for >> i686, I realise they have support for i386, which obviously incudes >> everything from an intel 386 to the latest and greatest in

Re: i686 Port

2007-08-29 Thread Gregory Seidman
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 04:06:10PM +0100, Richard Thompson wrote: > I was wondering why debian doesn't have a port of packages optimised for > i686, I realise they have support for i386, which obviously incudes > everything from an intel 386 to the latest and greatest intel and amd > processors (ru

Re: [Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Tue, Aug 28, 2007 at 08:58:56PM +0100, Richard Thompson wrote: > > I'm no expert, but I believe the thinking is that most of the processor > > dependent code is in libc6, for which we do have the -i686 version, and > > the kernel, which also comes in -686 flavors. > > > > Celejar > Yes, I expec

Re: [Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:53:22 +0100 (BST) "Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [snipped discussion about the benefit of 686 optimization of typical applications] > Userspace services daemons etc, like any program will perform better on an > i686 processor if they are i686 optimised :-) B

Re: [Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:58:56 +0100 (BST) "Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: i686 Port > From:"Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

[Fwd: Re: i686 Port]

2007-08-28 Thread Richard Thompson
Original Message Subject: Re: i686 Port From:"Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date:Tue, August 28, 2007 8:54 pm To: "Celej

Re: i686 Port

2007-08-28 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:06:10 +0100 (BST) "Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was wondering why debian doesn't have a port of packages optimised for > i686, I realise they have support for i386, which obviously incudes > everything from an intel 386 to the latest and greatest intel an