Hi Dane,
this is what I found at
http://www.linuxhq.com/wonderful22.html
which details the changes for the 2.2.x kernal, and below is an extract
about the cpus that are supported, in particular AMD.
>Linux 2.2 will be the first stable Linux to support options for the
>various non-Intel processors in the kernel configuration tool. Perhaps even
>more importantly, Linux 2.2 (and later revisions of 2.0 for
>obvious reasons) supports bugfixes and workarounds for widespread
>processor bugs including the infamous F00F Pentium bug. Other bugs that
>can't be worked around, such as an AMD K6 sig11 bug, are reported during
>startup.
what this will actually mean I have no idea. Myself, I'd still go the
AMD, of which I intend to get a K7 when it comes out.
cheers
Johann
Dane Helm wrote:
>
> >
> > I have heard that the installation of Redhat will sometimes freeze
> > on systems running with an AMD K6 2 processor.
>
> i would like more info on this if it is true.. I am really considering
> getting a K6 proccesser (wiating till the K7 comes out and K2 $$ goes
> down, I am really cheap ;) ....)
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