On Sat, 2002-12-14 at 21:54, John H. Ingersoll, Jr. wrote: > Running RH 8.0 on a Compaq Presario 7470. > > KDE -> Preferences -> Information -> Processor ID's my > AMD K6-2 as "CPU family 5". Is this saying it's a > pentium - not a pentium-II class processor? > I remember back in the day when AMD-K6-3 was a new processor it was marketed as better performing than an equivalent Intel PII - however it is classified as an i586- so i686 RPM's are not a good idea. As far as I remember there is a "k6" optimisation when compiling, though how much difference there is between i586 and k6 and i686 is one for debate by those who care and understand more than I do. > My concern is with installing RPMs optimized for i686, > whether this will cause any problems. > > Up until now, I've always stuck with those optimized > for i386 (i.e. generic) or i586. > -- NAME : Adam Allen. EMAIL : adam@dynamicinteraction.co.uk COMMENT : ~~~~ insert your favourite signature comment here ~~~~ PGP : http://search.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=adam%40dynamicinteraction.co.uk
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