On Mon, Sep 01, 2008 at 08:18:18AM +0100, Sam Tygier wrote:
> Colin Watson wrote:
> >On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 01:49:27AM -0400, M G wrote:
> >>Subject: Intrepid compatibility with C3 CPUs #5212
> >
> >Are you referring to a particular bug here?
> >https://launch
Colin Watson wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 01:49:27AM -0400, M G wrote:
>> Subject: Intrepid compatibility with C3 CPUs #5212
>
> Are you referring to a particular bug here?
> https://launchpad.net/bugs/5212 is something quite different.
MG's message got detached from
M G wrote:
> There are basically two types of x86 Ubuntu offered at present - 32
> bit and 64 bit. Most new CPUs sold today are 64 bit, so that is where
> the future of Ubuntu ought to be. 32 bit is for older (legacy)
> hardware or for specialised uses such as low power or embedded
> applications.
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 01:49:27AM -0400, M G wrote:
> Subject: Intrepid compatibility with C3 CPUs #5212
Are you referring to a particular bug here?
https://launchpad.net/bugs/5212 is something quite different.
> The C3 is still listed as a current product on the Via web site.
> Ho
The C3 is still listed as a current product on the Via web site.
However, if Wikipedia can be trusted, then not all C3 processors are
the same when it comes to cmov support. The CPU flags have to be
examined to see if a particular generation of C3 model supports cmov
or not. The problem also may no
