[arch-releng] Patch request for "Official Arch Linux Install Guide" in wiki

[Dieter Plaetinck]

On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 10:53:57 -0500
Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 4:55 AM, Dieter Plaetinck
> <dieter at plaetinck.be> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2 Oct 2009 11:48:27 +0200
> > Pierre Schmitz <pierre at archlinux.de> wrote:
> >
> >> Am Freitag 02 Oktober 2009 10:18:50 schrieb Dieter Plaetinck:
> >> > So in practice, do our binaries run on k6 and c3 cpus or not?
> >>
> >> Funny, did not know that cmov was optional; though I don't get the
> >> point of an optional instruction anyway. However: everything below
> >> Athlon or Pentium Por does not work with what we call i686.
> >>
> >
> > so i will add a note that we are technically not i686, but we are
> >  i686 that uses the cmov instruction because we use gcc i686
> > optimisations. this is why we don't support the k6-2 and k6-3.
> > right?
> 
> Meh, we're i686 if you use the GCC definition of i686, which is all
> most people care about. I wouldn't confuse the official install guide
> too much, as it's targeted at new users.
> 
> Via C3 is another one that's commonly thought of as i686 and is not
> (in gcc terminology). I actually used to own a Via C3 laptop :)

I think we should be factually accurate.   how about I keep the
text like it was but add a footnote with the correct explanation?

Dieter