In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,Peter
Lukas writes:
>
> It should also be noted that K6's are rumored to be less stable under
> Linux than Intel processors (there was a website on this very subject,
> although I am unable to find it in my bookmarks). Of all the Linux
> machines we support, only 5% are K6/Non-Intel based, non of which have
> experienced any "major" problems.
>
I'd say that this is just rumour. I suspect this came about because of the
bug that causes a hard lockup under 2.0, but which is hidden under 2.1 by the
change in the memory/segmentation layout. Certainly my own experience has been
that the K6 is a fine (and stable) chip to run (K6-200 stepping 2).
Tim
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