On Sun, Nov 06, 2005 at 12:10:05PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote: > Andrew M.A. Cater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [...] > > Up until the change in GCC which effectively > > changed Debian compatibility to 486 processors and above, Debian > > supported the 386 processor. There was a lot of talking on the lists > > at the time and it was agreed that this was a bad situation and also > > that we shouldn't rename. > > > GCC has changed again: full support for the Intel 386 is now possible > > again but at the cost of some work. I still have three machines (two > > laptops and a very old desktop) that have genuine Intel 386 inside - > > but they are old. Some of the VIA chips don't play well with 586/686 > > optimisations (including potentially all the C3 derivatives) > [...] > > I am a little bit confused. Does Via/C3 need strict 386-instructions > or does it play nicely with the current status, i.e. 486 instruction > set?
The C3 <= Ezra supports the 686 instruction set; only conditional moves, which are an optional 686 feature, are missing (so from the instruction set point of view i486 is no problem at all). -- c u henning -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
