While it is true that Cyrix named their processor the 6x86, it is most definately a 586 generation chip. AFAIK, Intel chips up to the Pentium3 are i586, while the AMD Athlon is 686 as is the Pentium4.
The safest way to determine processor family is to go by what the kerenl reports it as on the login screen. 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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