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Should be on the fast end of the 386 spectrum since it tentatively supports 486 and 586 architectures too.
by dingdingdang 2mo ago
Should be on the fast end of the 386 spectrum since it tentatively supports 486 and 586 architectures too.
- LeFantome 2mo agoI don’t know how fast it is but that does not really follow. They added those instructions so that Linux would boot. Linux assumes Pentium and no longer boots on 386 or even 486 for the latest kernels. The presence of instructions first added in the Pentium really does not tell you anything about performance.
- dingdingdang 2mo agoGuess technically true absolutely; I gotta admit I assumed they wouldn't bother implementing the instruction sets unless there was functional, i.e. prospect of reasonable speed, aspect to it.