Re: [Devil-linux-develop] kernel compile

[Bruce S. <bw...@ar...>]

> Here goes a silly question. I want to compile dl for an epia
> motherboard. 
> 
> There is no option to choose from on the build menu. The only
> available options are 486,586 and 686.

If someone is going add options, please add "Athlon" too.
Older AMD chipsets would be nice too (K6).

> This option is for the linux kernel only or its also used as an
> argument to the gcc compile of every package?

I _think_ that gcc itself gets compiled with the option, so that arch is
the default for everything compiled after that.

> Currently i'd need to select the via c3-2 option (the one that shows
> on the kernel menuconfig), but there are also other options:
> 
>  - "CyrixIII" for VIA Cyrix III or VIA C3.                                                                                .
>  - "VIA C3-2 for VIA C3-2 "Nehemiah" (model 9 and above).      

 - BS