I agree with you. But, for somethings, I can hope that the kernel being
compiled with the understanding with dual integer pipelines (586) and 10
stage pipelines instead of 5 (686 vs. 586) could have some performance
benefits at least for integer operations.
-L
On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 10:50 PM, Chris Evans <aaxiomfin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just because you select pentium level ode on the compiler doesn't
> necessary mean that the source code will use 586 opcode Afaik
>
>
> On Thursday, May 2, 2013, Louis Santillan wrote:
>
>> I hacked the 2041 kernel batch and make files included on the FD 1.1 iso
>> to allow the kernel to be built by OpenWatcom as 8086, 186, 286, 386, 486,
>> 586, or 686. The resulting 686 kernel boots fine in VirtualBox 4.2.12 in
>> OSX 10.8.3 on my 2012 Mac Book Air 13" 4GB. The resulting kernel is a few
>> bytes smaller compressed by upx than kernel installed by the FD 1.1 iso.
>> I'm going to continue testing. No source changes were made. Not sure how
>> the changes affect the nasm built files.
>>
>> -L
>>
>>
>
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