On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 01:28:07PM -0500, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > On 11/20/2009 12:28 PM, stan wrote: > > On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:57:34 -0600 > > Aaron Konstam <akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> In the F12 Release notes it indicates that i586 support is gone in F12 > >> and i686 is the the support available. > >> > >> Are there any implications of that to running F12 on a Pentium 4 > >> machine? > > > > I think that Pentium 4 was the start of the i686 regime for intel. The > > P3 is a i586 device, as is the AMD K6 series. The AMD Duron and Athlon > > were the start of i686 for that line. > > *bzzzt* WRONG > > If what you said were true, then F12 couldn't be running on my 1GHz > PIII. But, it *is* running. And "uname -a" claims: > > Linux linux.framingham.ma.us 2.6.31.5-127.fc12.i686 #1 SMP Sat Nov 7 > 21:41:45 EST 2009 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > But, I agree that the AMD K6 *is* an i586. (yeup, I have one of those too.) > > > In other words, you are good to go. > > Yes, if the PIII is i686, then the PIV is too. And so is a PII, since it came after PentiumPro. > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome@xxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Registered Linux User #1232 (http://counter.li.org) > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------- The Lord is like a strong tower. Those who do what is right can run to him for safety. --------------------------- Proverbs 18:10 (niv) ----------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
