[KLUG Members] a (probably stupid question) on rpms

[Bryan J. Smith]

Rusty Yonkers wrote:
> I see rpms that are for i386 and i586 and i686.  What
> is the difference and how do I know which is the best
> one to get??

On Wed, 2002-01-16 at 00:13, Wesley Leonard wrote:
> Those are the target architectures.  The i386 ones will work on any Intel (or
> compatible) system.  The i586 are optimized for the pentium and the i686 are
> optimized for Pentium Pro/II/III/IV.

Don't forget about the .athlon ones!  The .i686 works on the Athlon too,
but .athlon is best.

_Especially_ for anything graphics related.  E.g., I rebuild SDL (Simple
DirectMedia Layer) source RPMs (.src.rpm) with --target athlon, as well
as various other 3rd party applications that use it (e.g., MPlayer,
libcss/dvd, etc...).

The 3DNow! boost is well worth it since newer GCC/GLibC and other
support libraries support them.

-- Bryan

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