On Jan 20, 2006, at 9:43 AM, Todd Vierling wrote:
If your x86-based machine is having "weird problems" other than simply running a couple % slower on i386-compiled code, you have a lot
more worries than just software or compilers. <evil grin>(I'm not playing devil's advocate, just the part of pedant wrt the -- perhaps unintended -- inference that i386-compatible binaries have
problems on newer x86 architectures. They shouldn't; rather, they just run a fraction slower, because the better extended opcodes introduced in
the 486 and later lines are not being used.)
I know that's supposed to be the case, but I've had serious problems
getting various RPMs working on dual-processor Xeon systems. In all
cases these were i386 rpms. When I either found i686 rpms or
compiled from source myself, the problems went away...
Roger