Changing the default 32-bit x86 arch for Fedora 12
Miroslav Suchý
msuchy at redhat.com
Tue Jun 16 09:16:44 UTC 2009
Bill Nottingham wrote:
> What CPUs do we lose that F11 supports?
>
> - Intel Pentium III
> - AMD Geode
> - VIA C3
I still have this three in production.
If somebody want some gain and have modern computer [1] he should use
x86_64. He will get SSE2 from scratch and as bonus he will get lm, nx
and additional registers...
This move is good for people who are unwilling to upgrade to x86_64
although they have machine capable of. And it is bad for people with
older HW. The first can (usually) upgrade without technical problem, the
second one can not.
[1] x86_64 is here since 2003 and aprox. last two years you literally
can not buy true 32 bit system (minus Atom).
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Miroslav Suchy
Red Hat Satellite Engineering
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