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Date:      Sat, 22 Jun 2002 11:56:13 -0500 (CDT)
From:      Mike Silbersack <silby@silby.com>
To:        Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: LINT CPU features table 
Message-ID:  <20020622115350.D43492-100000@patrocles.silby.com>
In-Reply-To: <007d01c219c3$102d8150$206694d1@LUCKYVAIO>

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On Sat, 22 Jun 2002, Lucky Green wrote:

> Let me turn my original inquiry into an offer: I volunteer to write the
> section for the Handbook or other documentation detailing the various
> CPU options in LINT if somebody who fully understands what these options
> do is willing to spend 30 minutes on the phone with me answering
> questions about the options.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Thanks,
> --Lucky

Despite your enthusiasm, it's still a rather pointless exercise.  To make
explaining the cpu options worthwhile, you must show that only specifying
I686 is sufficiently more optimal than specifying I686/I586/I486/I386.

Mike "Silby" Silbersack


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