Florent BERANGER ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> i686 is the  common  base  of  Ahlon  family  (Duron,  Athlon,  Athlon
> XP,...), Pentium Pro, P2, P3, P4, Celeron processors.
>
> Some of Mdk team said on this ml that Pentium (MMX)  (i586)  are  very
> old and don't hard test (but do the minimal tests, of course) on these
> (or older) processor class. In my idea, i586 must subsist  for  K6/K7,
> Pentium (MMX) and other machines compatibility but a i686  version  of
> cooker would be cool and more persons'll test it  (perfs  are  better,
> it's atractive).
>
> Is it possible to have a i686  cooker  repositery  (when  src.rpm  are
> build for i586, automaticaly build them for i686 too) ?

What is the average speed inprovement for compiling to i686  instead  of
i586 and what is the percentage of i586 users?



Groetjes, Han.
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