RPM architecture question
 

Just a quick one that has probably been asked before.....can anyone point me to a reference which explains the architecture labelling for RPM's. (ie. what is the difference between i586 & i686 etc?) I realise that i386 is meant for Intel but as I'm using AMD Athlon I'm not sure which RPM to download.

All help appreciated.

Tom

y'know i do find it strange how people have never neard of 386's, 486's etc.... funny how quick things move on....

i?86 implies intel compatible architecture, this includes intel's product range, amd duron / athlon / sempron chips, via's c3 and eden processors etc... so...

i386 = 386's and later
i486 = 486's and later
i586 = pentiums (and equiv) and later
i686 = pentium 2's (and equiv) and later

Hi Acid,

Thanks for that, I was aware of 386, 486 PC's as I had one of each way back when (.....just wasn't sure that they related to the same thing!)

Seems difficult to find reference in RPM literature.

Cheers all the same,

Tom :)

i think to be honest it's not really in rpm documentation as it's assumed knowledge. from the number of queries we get about it, it shouldn't really be assumed....