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From: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH][kconfig][i386] Fix help entry for processor type choice
To: pasky@ucw.cz (Petr Baudis)
Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2003 17:22:37 -0500 (EST)
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> +	  Select this for a 386 series processor, that is AMD/Cyrix/Intel
> +	  386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX, Cyrix/TI 486DLC/DLC2, UMC 486SX-S and NexGen
> +	  Nx586. Kernel compiled for this processor will also run on any newer
> +	  processor of this architecture, although not optimally fast.

There are about ten other processors. Trying to list them all is going
to send people potty. Also some UMC don't work with this or any other
option. 

The list you have now looks pretty sensible as a basis.

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