Re: Quick Newbie Question: Archictecture Type for Centrino?

[Arjen Verweij <a.verweij@student.tudelft.nl>]

And use libc6-i686 on machines that support it.

Dave Patterson wrote:

>* Alan Ianson <alianson@shaw.ca> [2005-09-23 18:59:30 -0700]:
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>>probably kernel-image-2.6.8-i686 (likely will be installed by
>>default).
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>Nope.  2.6.8-i386 installs by default.  Better performance can be
>gained by later installing a stock kernel-image-2.6.8-i686, but that
>still misses the biscuit, as that kernel's tuned to the P4 chip.
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>Best way is to install the i386 distro as stated before, which will
>work out of the box anyway, and once y'all learn your way around,
>build a custom kernel tuned to the Pentium-M.  Then you can get all
>the goodies available in the centrino chipset tuned in the way you
>want.
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>You won't do damage to the machine by running the stock kernel, but
>it's kind of like running on a slow track with Talledega-style
>restrictor plates in the manifold - you won't see the best performance
>for the environment. 
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