Atwood, Robert C writes: > I think what the poster means is > > "If the Linux kernel, and possibly some other applications provided > by a Gnu/Linux distribution provider(Suse), have been configured > and built with 'i586' options, should there be any problems with > using a gcc configured and built with 'i686' options, or the > programs built using that compiler?" That depends on the processor the poster is using. If it's an i686, everything will be fine. But the poster didn't tell us. Andrew.