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SubjectRe: Kernel cpu selection + other platforms?
Hi!

> Why not [for main screen]:
> Intel -> [386-series] -> math-co support?
> bugfixes? (they had some :)
> [486-series] -> math-co support?
> 486-clone? (eg. 386 with delusions)
> bugfixes - list of bug patches to include
> [586-series] -> pentium
> -> pentium optimizations?
> 5x86 (486 with delusions)
> -> 586 optimizations?
> AMD ????
> -> ??? optimizations?
> pentium-MMX (who cares?)
> -> MMX optimizations?
> (network speedup :)
> bugfixes - list of bug patches to include
> [686-series] -> pentium-pro
> AMD K6
> -> K6 optimizations
> 6x86 (Cyrix, IBM)
> -> 6x86 optimizations
> pentium-II
> bugfixes - list of bug patches to include
> optimizations - applicable to all
> (MMX with most?)

Bad bad bad. What if you want to make kernel that runs on 386 and amd
k6, fixing bugs of both? You probably want checkbox for every bugfix
in there.

Pavel

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I'm really pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz. Pavel
Look at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/ ;-).

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