On 8 Feb 2005, at 19:42, Rajev Mhasawade wrote:
Hi, while downloading i came across the terms i386 and i686.What is P4,i686 or i386?Since download is quite heavy i dont want to take chance.Plz tell me!
Strictly speaking,
i386 = Intel 80386
i486 = Intel 80486, adds a few instructions
i586 = Intel Pentium, adds a few instructions not available in 80486
i686 = Intel Pentium II and III, adds a few instructions not available in Pentium
i786 ~= Intel Pentium IV, adds a few instructions not available in Pentium II or III
RPM packages for i386 are targeted to any Intel 80386 processor or newer. RPM packages for i686 are compiled using instructions from the 80386 instruction set, but the code is optimized for an Intel Pentium or newer processor.
