RPM packages: Athlon vs i686 vs i386

[Don Dixon]

Hmmm, I can't find a reference to 2.4 in the link.  So if it is true 
that it is referring to 2.4 as well, does that mean there is no 
difference between the updates kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.athlon.rpm and 
a kernel-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.i686.rpm?

Don Dixon
fedora-list_me_no_like_spam at macrologic.com

Ben Stringer wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-03-08 at 14:12, Christopher K. Johnson wrote:
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>>Not a problem.  See http://people.redhat.com/%7Earjanv/2.6/readme.txt
>>which includes this note:
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>>"I no longer build athlon kernels because in theory the 2.6 kernel now has a
>>mechanism to automatically runtime patch in these optimisations during boot"
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>The OP referred to the 2.4 kernel series.
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>Cheers, Ben
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