On Wed, Nov 05, 2003 at 11:21:16PM -0200, Cesar Eduardo Barros wrote: > > libc6-i686 won't work in a K6. An libc6-i586 would be useful for using > NPTL on a i586 (if it works, I recall at least Gentoo's glibc didn't > compile NTPL in a i586. I recall seeing somewhere it needed a couple of > small patches to work). > > If NPTL works correctly in a 486, a libc6-i486 could be used instead of > a libc6-i586 (but I don't think enough people use a 486-class machine > nowadays for it to make sense; I see lots of Pentiums, Pentiums MMX and > K6s but few 486s around here).
The NPTL libraries included with the main libc6 package are already optimized for i486. Doing them for i586 instead would be a little tricky. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
