On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 16:52, Tim Verry wrote: > I have a pentium 200, non mmx. Do I need i586 or can I use i686? You must choose i586, mmx or not. Same for the K6. i686 would PPro upwards. From the kernel doc, a few widely used conventions of varying relevance to the current topic : Here are the settings recommended for greatest speed - "386" for the AMD/Cyrix/Intel 386DX/DXL/SL/SLC/SX, Cyrix/TI 486DLC/DLC2, UMC 486SX-S and NexGen Nx586. Only "386" kernels will run on a 386 class machine. - "486" for the AMD/Cyrix/IBM/Intel 486DX/DX2/DX4 or SL/SLC/SLC2/SLC3/SX/SX2 and UMC U5D or U5S. - "586" for generic Pentium CPUs, possibly lacking the TSC(time stamp counter) register. - "Pentium-Classic" for the Intel Pentium. - "Pentium-MMX" for the Intel Pentium MMX. - "Pentium-Pro" for the Intel Pentium Pro/Celeron/Pentium II. - "Pentium-III" for the Intel Pentium III and Celerons based on the Coppermine core. - "Pentium-4" for the Intel Pentium 4. - "K6" for the AMD K6, K6-II and K6-III (aka K6-3D). - "Athlon" for the AMD K7 family (Athlon/Duron/Thunderbird). - "Elan" for the AMD Elan family (Elan SC400/SC410). - "Crusoe" for the Transmeta Crusoe series. - "Winchip-C6" for original IDT Winchip. - "Winchip-2" for IDT Winchip 2. - "Winchip-2A" for IDT Winchips with 3dNow! capabilities. - "CyrixIII" for VIA Cyrix III or VIA C3. If you don't know what to do, choose "386".
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