Hoi Louis,
please explain the hack / patch: Is the only thing that
you changed that the kernel is compiled for those CPUs?
Are there actually any differences between them? I can
imagine that OpenWatcom makes 186 and 286 the same and
everything above 386 the same. Unless the kernel would
contain h
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, C
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 OpenWat
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
by
