i686 build of Fedora Core
Angelo
ang3l0 at katamail.com
Wed Jul 28 19:50:11 UTC 2004
Alan Cox wrote:
>So they run on i386 and are .i386.rpm but i686 optimised. The packages in
>.i686 form are packages containing functionality that won't run on i386
>and are carefully chosen because it matters in those packages alone that
>i686 instructions can be used.
>
>
Sure, but what can do optimization without using the *hardcoded* cpu
instructions inserted in the architecture ?
BTW when i've some spare time, i'll try compiling an optimized version
of some meaningful packages and will post here the results.
Regards,
Angelo
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