HEAR!! HEAR!!!
Well spoken!
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:39 pm, so spoke Digital Wokan:
> We've lost sight of one of my original points in similar discussions.
> If Mandrake is a Pentium optimized distro and NOT a P2+ optimized
> distro, then i686 RPM's HAVE NO PLACE in the distro. Period. They just
> shouldn't be there. Never mind us annoyed K6-2 users. What about the
> kid on his dad's old K5 or Pentium 166 who can't install something
> because it's i686 compiled?
>
> "Jose M. Sanchez" wrote:
> > Eh, no.
> > Have you looked at the kernel code?
> > Have you tried recompiling the kernel? (Did you read the HELP about this
> > issue?)
> > Linux utilizes the mtrr registers which differ between the i686 and the
> > K6. The K6 and the i586 are a correct match according to the kernel mtrr
> > handler.
> > If you want optimal speed with your K6 you are better off using the i586
> > optimizations, otherwise the byte alignments for the i686 will also come
> > into play... etc.
> > -JMS
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Rankin
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 9:49 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!
> >
> > Guys, this is a HUGE issue! There are millions of AMD K6-2s out
> > there -- a
> > large user base. I have one myself. If a new Mandrake i686 release
> > doesn't
> > properly recognize the architecture of these machines as i686 there will
> > be a
> > HUGE void in the potential user base for the new release. Not good for
> > Mandrake.
