RPM packages: Athlon vs i686 vs i386

[Gertjan Vinkesteijn]

Don Dixon wrote:

> 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:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>Not a problem.  See http://people.redhat.com/%7Earjanv/2.6/readme.txt
>>>which includes this note:
>>>
>>>"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"
>>>
>>>    
>>>
>>
>>The OP referred to the 2.4 kernel series.
>>
>>Cheers, Ben
>>
>>
>>  
>>
That's keep trying to be normal (aeb at cwi.nl)

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