[CentOS] latest kernel - version question

Robert Heller heller at deepsoft.com
Sun Jan 9 19:54:21 UTC 2011


At Sun, 09 Jan 2011 11:19:22 -0800 CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> wrote:

> 
> On 01/09/11 11:09 AM, Nico Kadel-Garcia wrote:
> > And highly, highly recommended to use a kernel optimized for i686 if
> > that's your real architecture: there's a big performance difference.
> 
> since the last mainstream i586 CPU was the original Pentium (60-133Mhz) 
> and Pentium/MMX (up to 200Mhz?), and everything since Pentium Pro, 
> including Pentium-II and newer, has been i686, its a no brainer.

Don't forget AMD's K6 processors -- these are also i586 processors.

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