Re: latest kernel - version question

[Santi Saez <santisaez@xxxxxxx>]

El 09/01/2011 16:31, Robert Heller escribió:

> The kernel itself is optimized for the i686 processor.  It is possible
> to custom build a kernel for the i586, i486, or i386 if you really have
> a processor that old.

What is the sense of optimize a kernel for i686 and then distribute most 
of packages for i386?

For example in CentOS-5:

kernel-2.6.18-194.el5.i686.rpm
php-5.1.6-27.el5.i386.rpm
httpd-2.2.3-43.el5.centos.i386.rpm
mysql-server-5.0.77-4.el5_4.2.i386.rpm

Regards,

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