Kernel 386 installed instead of 686

[Filipe Bonjour]

Hi,

> Ubuntu ships with a lot of precompiled kernel modules, this requires a
> standardized kernel. This is one of the MAJOR improvements that ubuntu
> introduces to linux. Why do you think it is so easy to have
> standardized drivers in windows? Because the kernel NEVER changes.
> Thus by running the default kernel you are guaranteed to have the same
> thing that the developer and tester had. I am very happy about the
> standardized kernel and was disappointed to find that the hoary
> install dvd seems to be smart enough to install different kernels. No
> one really notices the speed improvement between 386/686/k7 anyway
> unless you use extensions like mmx/sse, or have a smp system as I do.
> So why not try and make things standardized?!?

Hmm, I'm not a kernel expert by a long shot. Since all the other distro
packagers seem to have chosen to install a kernel compiled for 686, I
assumed this improved the performance significally.

Now, I'm not sure I get this bit about everybody having the same kernel.
(Actually, I'm sure I don't get it.) Do you mean that by installing the
686 I get less drivers?

Fil

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Filipe Bonjour

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