kernel questions

[Daniel Saunders]

> 
> Does any one know the specific advantages in the -686 kernel ?

The advantage should be that the kernel has been compiled to take
advantage of the way your 686 processor works and thus run a bit
faster.
For example: if a 686 style processor has some built-in commands to do
something in one step instead of the 3 steps required on a 386
processor, then you've saved some processor time.

Daniel