Does FC4 supports Pentium M ?

[Klaasjan Brand]

On 9/21/05, Eduardo Dela Rosa <eduardo.delarosa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> Yes, Pentium M is listed since FC1. But by default, when you install
> FCx, it's setup to using different Pentium process, i.e., Pentium 4.
>
> In my case, I'm using Compaq nx5000, 1.7Ghz, 512MB RAM, Centrino,
> I had to install the kernel source, re-configure to make it point to
> Pentium M, then re-compile the kernel. Then configure the wireless
> network card using wireless tools.


The generic i686 kernel will work on Pentium M CPU's without problems. The
Fedora kernels will detect the processor type at runtime and enable the
appropriate optimizations, so it's not longer neccesary to recompile the
kernel for one specific CPU.

Klaasjan
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listman.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/attachments/20050921/bbd889cb/attachment-0001.htm>