i had foregotten how many iterations of the x86 line there has been... damm i'm getting old.. -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Alan Cox Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 9:22 AM To: For users of Fedora Cc: fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Is PIII an 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. They will. You need a pentium pro or instruction set compatible processor. Due to a gcc/intel disagreement you also need the "cmov" instruction. This is present on all Intel processors from Pentium Pro onwards, AMD Athlon and onwards and other current chips. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
