Subj : multitask or die!
To   : Charles Angelich
From : David Drummond
Date : Wed Nov 28 2001 11:35 pm

Charles

28 Nov 01 05:07, Charles Angelich wrote to David Drummond:

 DD>> Slackware 8 (the latest version) is compiled for a 386 by
 DD>> default. 

 CA> "Compiled for a 386" is used as a synonym for 32 bit only. It
 CA> does not mean the source code was restricted to using only what
 CA> the typical 386 would have in terms of memory or hard drive
 CA> storage. It's lay terminology that is adequately vague
 CA> (salesmen like this terminology alot!) 

Compiled for a 386 means that it will execute on a 386 (unlike Mandrake, which 
I'm told is compiled by default for a Pentium).

When one compiles the kernel one stipulates which CPU to optimise for. Choose 
one too high, and it won't run on the lower ones. It relates to specific CPU 
instructions.

Regards,
David

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