On 12 Sep 2003, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > Martin-�ric Racine writes: > > > Why CPUs with Altivec as a minimum support level? > > There is a -powerpc package *and* and -altivec package. AFAICS only > the latter is optimized.
IMHO, there should be 3 packages (applies to the kernel too): 1) Pre-G3 (PPC601, etc.) 2) G3 3) G4 with Altivec and the whole shebang G3 and G4 kernels could be optimized with specific hardware in mind, e.g. G3 for iBook and iMac CRT, G4 for Cube and everything after, etc. This logic would also apply to other packages that uses GCC and/or kernel headers, such as OpenOffice. Of course, I am aware that taking this idea to the max would turn into the same debates as i386 people, where every once in a while, someone suggests producing a separate i586 port which, in the PPC case, would be pre-G4 and G4-onwards, at the very least. -- Martin-�ric Racine http://www.pp.fishpool.fi/~q-funk/
