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Re: [SLE] amd athlon kernel
- From: Anders Johansson <andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 16:47:56 +0200
- Message-id: <200309221648.01244.andjoh@xxxxxxxxxx>
On Monday 22 September 2003 16.36, fsanta wrote:
> Hi everyone. I just bought a new box with an AMD XP 2200 processor.YOU
> pulled down a big patch last night and I now have k_athlon-2.4.20-100. Is
> this correct for 8.2?
Yes
> Also, what's the difference between the Intel and the
> AMD kernel anyway?
The compiler options used to build it. The athlon kernel is built with
optimisations specific for the athlon instruction set, and the default kernel
is built with a generic pentium instruction set that all processors can
handle.
> Hi everyone. I just bought a new box with an AMD XP 2200 processor.YOU
> pulled down a big patch last night and I now have k_athlon-2.4.20-100. Is
> this correct for 8.2?
Yes
> Also, what's the difference between the Intel and the
> AMD kernel anyway?
The compiler options used to build it. The athlon kernel is built with
optimisations specific for the athlon instruction set, and the default kernel
is built with a generic pentium instruction set that all processors can
handle.
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