[Gllug] Are i386 & i586 rpm's interchangeable?

[Paul Brazier]

Does this mean then that if a 586 binary uses these instructions it
won't work properly on a 486?
Or is there some degree of backwards compatibility for the x86's at the
machine code level?

Is it just coincidence that the 586 binaries I've got do seem to run OK
on a 486 - that the compiler optimizer hasn't taken advantage of the new
instructions of the 586?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: addw at phcomp.co.uk 

> But: 586 has some instructions that if used can make an app go faster.
> So if you compile for the arcitecture that you have you can get better
> code.


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