Re: i486 base architecture

["William M. Quarles" <quarlewm jmu edu>]

Alan Cox wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 09:56:23PM -0500, William M. Quarles wrote:
>
> > What differences between i386 and i486 would become a benefit if the 
> > base architecture was changed from i386 to i486?
>
> The only thing 486 might give is the ability to consign the old linuxthread 
> stuff to the dustbin of back compatibility.

I'm guessing that's supposed to be a joke?

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Peace,
William