Message-ID: <37432DFD.40490BB4@lycosmail.com> Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 17:32:45 -0400 From: Adam Schrotenboer X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: pgcc AT delorie DOT com Subject: K6 & i686 ASM code Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: pgcc AT delorie DOT com Can the K6(or -2 or III) use i686 ASM code??? Does it support all the same instructions??? I know that the scheduling probably won't be optimal, but I would also wonder if it may be better than i586 asm. Most of this is in reference to kernel 2.2.x series, but also in the case of zlib, gzip, etc.