On Wed, 2004-06-30 at 07:27, Colin Watson wrote: > No, -power3 is for POWER3 processors, used in older IBM RS/6000 systems. > Similarly, -power4 is for POWER4 processors, used in iSeries, pSeries, > and G5 systems. You want -powerpc. They aren't compatible in the way > that -386, -686, etc. are.
The POWER3 instructions missing from PowerPC can be emulated. You can go the other way too. This should allow for a truly generic kernel, optimized for whichever processor you prefer.
