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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