On Fri, 15 Feb 2002 22:21:53 -0500
"Terry Mathews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > > K5-*  == i486
> > > K6-*  == i586
> 
> Not quite. K5 is a Pentium clone. K6 added MMX and K6-2 added 3dnow!. So, K5
> and K6 should both be i586...
> K6-3 is the same as K6-2 with the addition of on-die L2 cache...
> 
> Terry

True and as well there are some i686 rpms on my box now... running fine.  Also when I 
compile a kernel under 2.2 I chose i586 under 2.4 I chose k-6 family.  Wasn't i686 
originally the Cyrix soon followed by the Celeron?
> 
> 
> 

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