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SubjectRe: 2.0 kernel on PIII ?
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> Setting aside the likely "2.0 is obsolete" / "the performance won't be as
> good" answers for a moment, is there any functional reason not to run a
> 2.0.3X kernel on a PIII? We're testing some proprietary code which runs
> under Linux 2.0 and has not yet been ported to 2.2, and we'd like to test
> it on a PIII. I am aware that there are probably lots of CPU
> optimizations/features which will not be supported, but the main thing I'm
> concerned about is functionality: things like untrapped CPU-specific bugs,
> device-driver imcompatibilities, etc.

One thing Intel are good at is back compatibility. Everything should be fine.
You can't use the KNI stuff but thats about it. 2.0.37 will even ident
a PIII and turn off the serial number


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