>> it probablly could. but i worry about low-power x86 >> devices. perhaps floating point is just not an issue >> on them? > > do they support fp at all, or just x87 not sse? > i can't remember what is on the little soekris boards
according to wikipedia, geode before the nx don't support sse, but the do support fp. i belive that the common soekris have pre-nx chips, as the slowest nx chip is 667mhz. - erik