2001-11-02 18:37:16

by Sean Middleditch

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Subject: Quick offtopic RH kernel question

Do the RedHat kerneles compiled for "athlon" also work on the Duron? If
not, the 686 kernels should work? I have a crappy connection here at
work, and only want to download a kernel that works, and I'm curious if
they would offer advantages over the boring 386 kernel. ~,^

Thanks!
Sean Etc.




2001-11-02 18:41:06

by Alan

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Subject: Re: Quick offtopic RH kernel question

> Do the RedHat kerneles compiled for "athlon" also work on the Duron? If
> not, the 686 kernels should work? I have a crappy connection here at
> work, and only want to download a kernel that works, and I'm curious if
> they would offer advantages over the boring 386 kernel. ~,^

Athlon and Duron are the same instruction set.

2001-11-02 18:48:49

by Lukas Beeler

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Subject: Re: Quick offtopic RH kernel question

On Fri, Nov 02, 2001 at 01:36:02PM -0500, Sean Middleditch <[email protected]> wrote:

> Do the RedHat kerneles compiled for "athlon" also work on the Duron?

most probably

> If not, the 686 kernels should work?

686 yes, PIII not, i think

> I have a crappy connection here at
> work, and only want to download a kernel that works, and I'm curious if
> they would offer advantages over the boring 386 kernel. ~,^

they offer some speed enhancements. If you want to be fast,
either download linus's or alan's kernel from kernel.org,
and compile them by yourself.

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2001-11-02 18:48:51

by Sean Middleditch

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Subject: Re: Quick offtopic RH kernel question

On Fri, 2001-11-02 at 13:47, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Do the RedHat kerneles compiled for "athlon" also work on the Duron? If
> > not, the 686 kernels should work? I have a crappy connection here at
> > work, and only want to download a kernel that works, and I'm curious if
> > they would offer advantages over the boring 386 kernel. ~,^
>
> Athlon and Duron are the same instruction set.

OK, that's what I was thinking, thanks for clarifying!

Sean Etc.