Re: [expert] Intel Chip Types (was) Mandrake sub-optimized for i686?

[Tom Snell]

Matt Stegman wrote:

> I don't know about Coppermine and such -
> I need to keep up to date with this - but I do know that AMD's Athlon is
> the first i786 processor to be sold.

OK,since Mandrake docs don't seem to address the issue (no doubt due to the
'newness' of the CPU), how should an Athlon be designated in a kernel
recompile, and will there be a distinct "Athlon" optimization in future
kernel versions?  Anyone know?

Tom