Changing the default 32-bit x86 arch for Fedora 12 (#2)

[drago01]

On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 3:54 PM, Glen Turner<gdt at gdt.id.au> wrote:
> On 19/06/09 00:19, Bill Nottingham wrote:
>>
>> No, period - I haven't seen anyone in the community say that they're
>> testing it on i586-class hardware.
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Your wiki page has some jargon ("i586") which I'm trying
> to reduce to manufacturer products, as you have already
> done for the AMD products.
>
>
> F12 x86 will not work on i586 (or i686 without CMOV)
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Intel Pentium
> Intel Pentium Pro
>
> VIA Cyrix III
> VIA C3 and C3-M ("Samuel 2")
> VIA C3 and C3-M ("Ezra")
> VIA C3 and C3-M ("Ezra-T")
> VIA Eden ESP ("Samuel 2")
>
> Note that the VIA Eden ESP ("Samuel 2") appears to be a shipping
> product [based on vendor's website, not personal experience], and
> that this will not run Fedora 12 under the current proposal.  It
> ships in the VIA EPIA MII/ML/PE motherboards with CPUs rated at
> 667MHz (all other clock speeds will run F12). Probably worth a
> mention in the F12 Release Notes.
>
>
> F12 x86 will work on these 32b processors
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Intel Pentium II
> Intel Celeron (any)
> Intel Pentium III
> Intel Pentium 4
> Intel Pentium M
>
> VIA C3 and C3-D ("Nehemiah")
> VIA Eden ESP ("Nehemiah")
> VIA Eden-N
> VIA Eden ("Esther")
> VIA C7 and C7-M and C7-D ("Esther")
> VIA Nano
>
> Any Intel x86-64, AMD64 or compatible

+ AMD K7