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Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 17:51:26 -0500 (EST)
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To: "Jeff V. Merkey" <jmerkey@timpanogas.org>
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Subject: Re: Installing kernel 2.4
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On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:

> So how come NetWare and NT can detect this at run time, and we have to
> use a .config option to specifiy it?  Come on guys.....

Then run a kernel compiled for i386 and suffer the poorer code quality
that comes with not using newer instructions and including the
workarounds for ancient hardware.

		-ben

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