> > >>> 1a. create a stripped down version for i386, i.e. required/important > > >>> and go for i486. > > >> Is there much performance improvement in dropping i386 in favour of i486+? > > > > > - Integrated math coprocessor ( why does libc still check for its > > > availability? ) [...] > > > > 486SX. > > I thought that in-kernel emulation would have solved the gap between 486 > DX and SX. For practical purposes, yes... Although emulated FP is really, REALLY slow. I installed a machine to be a X terminal about two years ago - 386SX, 8MB RAM. It worked fine, yes... But MUCH slower than a similarly-configured machine with a hardware FP unit, to the point of deciding it would be a text terminal, with no X :) Greetings, -- Gunnar Wolf - gwolf@gwolf.cx - (+52-55)5630-9700 ext. 1366 PGP key 1024D/8BB527AF 2001-10-23 Fingerprint: 0C79 D2D1 2C4E 9CE4 5973 F800 D80E F35A 8BB5 27AF
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