That is also my understanding and I certainly couldn't get the 533Mhz C3 to work set as i686. Used i586 and started with Stage 3 tarball; goodness knows how long it would take from stage one.
On Saturday 22 February 2003 06:40, Patrick Nehls wrote: > I use one of the Via mini-itx boards with embedded C3/800Mhz CPU. It runs > Gentoo 1.4/current portage tree just fine but as stated, only with the i586 > optimizations. I believe the Gentoo user forums had some threads in the > past on this. Apparently the C3 does not implement 1 "optional" instruction > in the x686 insruction set and gcc makes use of that in the x686 > optimizations. > > That's what I've read and understood from past discussion on this subject. > I could be completely wrong though. :) > > Patrick > -----Original Message----- > From: mikepolniak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 5:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Via C3 optimization > > On 00:23 Sat 22 Feb , Jacob Gemmell wrote: > > I've been looking at getting one of the various dirt cheap Linodws PCs > > out there with the Via C3 processor and loading Gentoo on it. I was > > wondering if anyone out there has gotten one of these and could post > > thier /proc/cpuinfo. I'm curious about the flags and bogomips. And > > on a related note, are there any GCC 3.2 optimizations for that > > processor. That new Lindows laptop looks good for an ultralight, with > > the exception the choice of linux Distro. > > Last April i built a mini pc box running a VIA C3 EZRA 866. Put gentoo on > it. It only runs under i586 optimizations. > > Runs cool, really dont need a CPU fan, but its a bit slower than my Duron > 700 in compiling stuff, (i dont have the pc any longer). > > Its great for normal use, a bit slow for the impatient 'emerger'. > > You can check it out at: > > http://www.silentpcreview.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Sections&file=ind >e x&req=viewarticle&artid=16&page=1 > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
