----- Original Message -----
From: Francis Galiegue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: Pentium III/AMD Athlon optimizations [Re: [Cooker]
Minimalinstallation of Mandrake]
> On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Geoffrey Lee wrote:
> >
> > > Second question: I was thinking to buy one more PC, most probably AMD
Athlon-
> > > or Duron-based desktop/minitower. Are there special optimizations for
those
> > > processors, and if recompilation for them will speed system?
> > >
> >
> > I am not too sure ... as I don't follow closely on gcc development.
> >
>
> Another "problem" with Athlons is that their cachelines are 64bits wide,
> whereas they're 32bit wide on Intel series. Right now, no optimisation for
> 64bit cachelines is made in 2.2.
>
Sorry just couldn't help but get a laugh out of 64bits being a "problem"
rather than a good thing. =) Anyone know for sure if the 2.4 series kernels
are ready to handle the 64bit cachelines?
-Tim
