Am Mit, 24 Mai 2000 schrieb Ricardo Denis:
> hi,
>
> will an application that is writen for linux, say Netscape, run on any
> processor that is running linux?
Hi Ric,
binaries are architecture-specific, meaning a netscape compiled for the Intel
386 architecture will run on any Intel Processor up to the newest Pentium III,
and the compatible processors from other manufacturers. In this architecture,
the compiler can be told to compile with optimizations for a higher subset of
the processor family, say a 686. The resulting binary will not run on lesser
processors (or complain and core-dump), and it will (should) run faster on the
processor it was compiled for than the plain i386 binary.
This applies to the Linux kernel as well!
That's one thing source is for, compile it specifically adapted to your needs
by editing the makefile.
May the source be with you ;-)
Christoph
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