On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 16:06:10 +0100 (BST) "Richard Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was wondering why debian doesn't have a port of packages optimised for > i686, I realise they have support for i386, which obviously incudes > everything from an intel 386 to the latest and greatest intel and amd > processors (running in 32bit), ultimatley the i686 already has 'support' > however I just thought it would be great if a port was available where the > packages had been compiled specifically for i686 as I have noticed that > when I use i686 optimised distro's such as arch, or even slackware there > is a noticable performance difference. I'm no expert, but I believe the thinking is that most of the processor dependent code is in libc6, for which we do have the -i686 version, and the kernel, which also comes in -686 flavors. > Richard Thompson Celejar -- mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
