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Re: i386 compatibility & libstdc++



I demand that Bart Trojanowski may or may not have CCed to me WITHOUT MY
ASKING FOR THAT...

> * Darren Salt <linux@youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk> [030426 10:26]:
>> I demand that José Luis Tallón may or may not have written...
>>> At 19:55 26/04/2003 +1000, you wrote:
>>>> On Sat, Apr 26, 2003 at 09:41:14AM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
>>>>> 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.

Good point...

Unless there's some code which is only worth using in the absence of hardware
FP :-)

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