On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Sinner from the Prairy <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] wrote: > >> Wikipedia says that X86_64 include SSE/SSE2. All the new processors are 64 >> bits. So I don't think it is necessary to change i586 to i686. 32 bits >> platform will die soon. Also it is more important to keep more >> compatibility for 32 bits. > > Well said. > > No need to maintain extra repos with minor imoprovements on target archs.
Technically, the i686 started with the Pentium Pro. (Remember that? :o) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P6_(microarchitecture) _______________________________________________ Mageia-dev mailing list [email protected] https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev
