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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sheldon Isaac wrote:
> > >  zimage                       11-Nov-2005 01:02  448K
> > >  zimage.4dx                   11-Nov-2005 14:08  432K
> > >  zimage.p1                    11-Nov-2005 14:11  421K
> > >  zimage.p2                    11-Nov-2005 14:14  421K
> >
> > What should I use on my ASUS p5a motherboard (super socket 7),
> > which has an AMD K6-2-450 processor?
>
> The zimage kernel should work with just about anything.
> The zimage.p2 will probably perform best on your CPU.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
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David said that the Mplayer he compiled for P2 would not run on my AMD 
K6-2 350 MHz (he was right).  I will attempt to boot with the P2 kernel on 
the 350 and 450MHz (both '3D') and on the 500MHz (which might be K6-3) and 
report back.  Will a kernel that is for a newer cpu simply not boot?

A 600MHz cpu worked with the P2 Mplayer.  I don't think this is an AMD 
Super Socket 7 type.

Where would we see a measurable difference in performance, and by how 
much?


Sindi