On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 22:16 +0200, Benjamin Drung wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 27.04.2010, 12:45 -0700 schrieb Kip Warner: > > Greetings Everyone, > > > > I've been looking for a while, but no luck. Is there a table somewhere > > that summarizes the different architecture names like i386, i586, i686, > > amd64, ia64, and so on along with the criteria for hardware qualifying > > under that name? > > I am not aware of a table. I would search for the names and see which is > the first architecture and check their features. > > > e.g. Does i686 mandate SSE2? > > i686 = Pentium Pro and later = only MMX > amd64 mandates SSE2 (and therefore MMX and SSE) > > > PS I am not on the mailing list, so please remember to cc me. Thanks.
What would you suggest for a package's architecture for a 32-bit platform that supports SSE2, like the Pentium 4? -- Kip Warner -- Software Engineer OpenPGP encrypted/signed mail preferred http://www.thevertigo.com
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