Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 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?
The gain are low (0 to 5%, more on very specific code), but what could be possible is to insert specific common library or specific application with various architecture, DrakX can be modified to choose the right architecture package and use it instead (it could even work currently as urpmi code is used and urpmi manages this). Fran�ois.
