Re: Kernel for AMD Thunderbird
I'm running this on an Asus A7V-E and a TBird 1.2GHZ, so I can say this with
some authority. Choose the most advanced option you can. On my 2.2.19 kernel
I chose PPro/6x86MX, because the Athlon has all the special registers and
optimizations of the i686, and then some. Don't, as someone suggested, choose
K6, because you'd be limiting yourself.
I hear that 2.4 has an Athlon option, but I'm not sure how well it works, I
read some bad things about it on this list yesterday. (Look for athlon in
yesterday's mail archive).
But you can always try it, then go to another kernel if it has problems.
On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 04:03:48PM +0300, George Karaolides scribbled...
> Hi,
>
> I'm thinking of buying an Asus A7V266 motherboard and using it with an
> AMD
> Thunderbird CPU, 1.4GHz with a 266MHz FSB as an upgrade for a machine
> which is currently Pentium III 800MHz and runs Debian potato, with kernel
> 2.2.19.
>
> Does anyone know which processor type I should select in the kernel
> config? My machine is currently running a kernel compiled for PPro/686MX.
> In case something else must be chosen, I will have to compile before
> changing motherboards, and if I don't get it right first time I'll have to
> change motherboards back to re-compile, and then change motherboards
> again... :)
>
> Best regards,
>
> George Karaolides 8, Costakis Pantelides St.,
> tel: +35 79 68 08 86 Strovolos,
> email: george@karaolides.com Nicosia CY 2057,
> web: www.karaolides.com Republic of Cyprus
>
>
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