586 vs 686

[Peter Robinson]

>> > Soo, see the 586 packages come out in rawhide.  And was just paying
>> > attention to my kernel, and noticed it was 586 as well, and not 686 that
>> > it used to always be up to F11.  So, is 586 it now for low end and high
>> > end, even kernel?
>> >
>> > If this was discussed, specially during the almost 2 week power outtage
>> > couple weeks ago, point me to the URL and will gladly read on it.
>>
>>
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/ArchitectureSupport
>
> Thanks Jesse, that answers most of my questions.  Except, as I have the
> 586 kernel (would 686 still be for those higher systems?) installed, and
> I have a 64bit system (32bit installed).

If your running a 32bit OS (most intel desktop/server systems are
64bit now) you get a i686 kernel if your system supports PAE and an
i586 kernel if your system doesn't. There was a large discussion about
this in fedora-devel.

Peter