Re: Is the AMD K6 a 686?
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On 01/26/07 10:21, celejar wrote:
> In a previous post [0], I claimed that the AMD K6 isn't a 686 - I had
> gotten that from the Archlinux website. A followup agreed with me. I
> see these sites [1] claim otherwise, and they seem fairly
> authoritative. Anyone with more info?
>
> Celejar
>
> [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2006/11/msg00581.html
> [1] http://www.faqs.org/faqs/pc-hardware-faq/chiplist/part4/,
> http://www.cpu-collection.de/?tn=0&l0=cl&l1=686&l2=AMD
The K6 is *almost* a 686, but the -686 kernel uses the instructions
missing from the K6. Use the -486 kernel. (I think there used to
be a -586 kernel that was dropped a couple of years ago.)
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