On Wed, 10 Nov 2010 18:41:26 -0500, Johan wrote in message <87aalgiw61....@emmy.axel.nom>:
> Sthu Deus <sthu.d...@gmail.com> writes: > > > Good day. > > > > Just wanted to ask, Why there is no linux-image package for i586, > > especially w/ MMX support - but only for i486, then for i686 and up? > > I don't think all that many people have i586 boxen. They were current > in the timeframe 1995 through 1997. That's over a dozen years ago. ..and now they can be had for free, and made use of. In other cases, access is expensive, so old junk is left in service. > The i486 kernel will run on an i586 box. Even if you compile the > kernel for i586 how much speed are you really going to get? A few > percent? And how much time do you spend in kernel as opposed to > userland? Maybe 3-20 percent depending on what you are doing right? > So, in rough numbers, that's a 10% off on 10% of what you do for a > net of roughly 1%. ..se my response to Sthu Deus. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;o) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20101112222115.0d94e...@a45.fmb.no
