Re: Is PIII an i686?

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On Thu, Jun 21, 2007 at 05:02:34PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 08:44:07 -0700
> "bruce" <bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > PIII intel systems are not i686 chips. PIII based systems are i386 based
> > systems
> 
> PIII *is* i686.
> 

And so is a PentiumPro and a PII, AFAIK. Though there are some differences in
instruction sets, so I don't know if for kernel purposes things as far back
as a PII will actually run a 686 kernel.


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