Kernel 386 installed instead of 686

[Adrian Petrescu]

I don't know about anyone else, but I run a Pentium 4 (1.6 Ghz), and the 
386 kernel actually runs FASTER than 686, I use the 386 almost 
exclusively. I can't say for sure why this is, but I'm guessing that it 
has something to do with some module I'm using being compiled against 
386, and only working when I use that.

If anyone can actually tell me for sure why this is, it'll make my day :D

Andreas Happe wrote:

>On 2005-09-29, Adrian Petrescu <adrianp at cogeco.ca> wrote:
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>>This is normal -- for some reason or other, Ubuntu has always shipped 
>>the 386 kernel by default.
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>Just out of curiosity:
>Has anyone measured the speed benefit of a 686 kernel against the 386
>kernel?
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>Andreas
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