Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: PPro compile | Date | Thu, 12 Sep 1996 11:49:28 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Andrew E. Mileski" <> |
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> Can I ask this dumb question. If , as Intel claims, the PPro performs > better on 386 code then 486-Pentium code, why does the kernel compile > with m486 rather than m386?
I've never seen such a claim.
Intel has claimed that 32-bit unsegmented code runs faster though.
> Maybe I'm just an idiot.
I doubt it - idiot's don't bother to ask questions.
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