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. -- http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanb/software
