AMD-optimized

[s.roman]

so ubuntu is already optimized for a pentium 3 processor? I'm planning
to use it for a pentium 3 - 1 ghz and it seems any speed optimizations
would help. not sure of the exact meanings of 586 and 686...


On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 00:16:45 +0100, Colin Watson <cjwatson at canonical.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:55:58AM +0800, John wrote:
> > Martin Pitt wrote:
> > >It does not really make much sense to build optimized versions for all
> > >other packages, then speed gain is negligible. All packages are built
> > >using the i486 command set (missing opcodes are emulated on real i386)
> > >and AFAIK optimized for 586 (regarding opcode ordering).
> >
> > 586? I've read on many occasions that 586 optimisation is bad for later
> > processors. Optimising for 686 is more usual.
> 
> They're in fact optimised for Pentium 4.
> 
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