[plug] Processor restrictions for linux ?

[Mike]

Thansk Mike,

I'll be very interested, I've been offered a '1600XP' athlon - pity
the '1600' is not the processor speed in 1600MHz (AFAIK AMD haven't
reached 1.6GHz (yet)),

Rgds

mike

At 09:12 PM 5/11/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>Mike,
>
>I have just brought an XP chip but haven't installed 'Linux on the box yet.
>(Lack of time not lack of effort).
>
>Will keep you posted on the resu8lts over the weekend.
>
>Mike
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike [mailto:erazmus at iinet.net.au]
>Sent: Friday, 30 November 2001 2:21 PM
>To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
>Subject: [plug] Processor restrictions for linux ?
>
>
>Hi again,
>
>I've heard all sorts of rumours about some processor restriction for
>linux - related possibly to that AMD issue with Win 95 where a faster
>processor caused some IO problem due to a windows delay loop...
>(as well as 486 vs Pentiums all history now)
>
>I've seen some discussion on this list of processor issues but I
>take it there is nothing definitive regarding the more recent
>processors such as the Athlon 'XP',
>
>I take it that this 'XP' version is a marketing bandwagon re microsoft
>and has no probs with linux or does it actually have some useful
>core additions that linux has a use for re multimedia applications,
>few that they are...
>
>If no-one has anything negative to say about the Athlon 'XP' then I
>suppose it should be OK (socket 8 - I think) ?
>
>Rgds
>
>Mike
>
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