Re: [cobalt-developers] Optimzing bins for archetecture

["Paul Adamson" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dont amd processors use the x86 instruction set already...?
the main difference in archetecture is the 3d/multimedia instructions on
amd's k6/2 processor.
Unless you have a 3d acelerator in your raq...?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew Nuzum" <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Cobalt Dev" <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 7:49 PM
Subject: [cobalt-developers] Optimzing bins for archetecture


> The Raq 3 and 4 have a similar AMD processor in them, differing only in
> speed (I believe).
>
> Most of the software installed seems to be optimized for i386.  Is there
> much benefit in optimizing it for the correct platform?  If so, what is
> the best platform for our little blue boxes?
>
> I'm thinking specifically about compiling Apache, PHP and MySQL again.
> Since my applications use these heavily, it makes sense to go for all
> the performance I can get.
>
> Has anyone out there tried this?
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