Kernel ARCH i586 i686 - need clarification

[Matthew Miller]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 07:09:03PM +0200, Stuart Lamble wrote:
> When I execute rpmbuild -bp --target=ARCH kernel-2.6.spec, what should I be
> substituting for the ARCH bit.
> I have a P2 machine. I also have a P4 machine.
> Is there any difference between using i586 or i686?

Both of these are i686. Only original Pentium (and Pentium MMX) are i586.
Pentium Pro and onward are i686.

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