> > The dists should be shipping two sets of kernels. Both with PPRO opt
> > turned on and MTRR support. This leaves out the i386. SO? What the hell
> > are you doing Running RedHat 5.5 w/ a 2.2 kernel on a i386?!? PPro opt
> > will work on i486+. MTRR support must be on w/ PPRO+ SMP because some MBs
> > dont set MTRRs correctly on both CPUs..
>
> i386 have almost become a history. May be I'm wrong, but I don't see any
> sense to run 2.1.xxx-2.2.x kernels on i386. The entry level is i486.
The i386 and compatible clones are popular for embedded apps. Also there
are CPUs that aren't full i486 but more i386 on steroids.
Ralf
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