From: bob@amscons.com (Bob Amstadt) Subject: Re: 486 binaries only? (Re: General Question on Linux on 486 (NOT FAQ)) Date: Fri, 28 May 1993 19:49:37 GMT
hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (HJ Lu) writes:
: In article <1993May27.190849.26365@kodak.kodak.com>, obz@Kodak.COM (Orest Zborowski) writes:
: |> The Cybard (dudek@acsu.buffalo.edu) wrote:
: |> [...]
: |> >an evening) For example, how would I recompile Xwindows?
: |> [...]
: |>
: |> XFree86 has been compiled with -m486 since version 1.2. So are all the
: |> X libraries and clients. When I did a small test of a 386 server
: |> vs a 486 server running on a 386 machine, the execution times
: |> between them was pretty much identical (although their sizes were
: |> somewhat different), so XFree86 1.3 will be released in 486 mode only.
: |>
: |> --
: |> Orest Zborowski (Zorst)
: |> obz@Kodak.COM
:
: Should I make the i486 binaries only for gcc and libc? It takes me
: forever to make two versions of binaries :-(.
Gee tough decision, even though those nasty 486 binaries run slower on
my little 386sx-16, it is probably best to compile for the 486 since
486 prices are dropping to something everyone can afford. Besides,
486 users are speed weenies anyway. :-) BTW, I also have a 486, but
it is dedicated to running Windows, since Windows runs to slow
on anything but a 486.
-- Bob Amstadt bob@amscons.com