From fe7c96ed677aef866d6dea05f9b10244b1eb454a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dieter Plaetinck Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2010 22:47:55 +0100 Subject: be factually accurate to avoid confusion over which i686 cpus we support and why. see http://mailman.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-releng/2009-October/000763.html --- doc/official_installation_guide_en | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/official_installation_guide_en b/doc/official_installation_guide_en index a61bcec..309c1d4 100644 --- a/doc/official_installation_guide_en +++ b/doc/official_installation_guide_en @@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ and are licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). ## Architectures Arch Linux is optimized for i686 and x86_64 processors and therefore will not -run on any lower or incompatible generations of x86 CPUs (i386,i486 or i586). +run on any lower or incompatible generations of x86 CPUs (i386, i486 or i586). A Pentium Pro, Pentium II or AMD Athlon (K7) processor or higher is required. +(technically, cpu's without the cmov instruction such as AMD K6 and via C3 are also +i686, but we use gcc and it uses cmov instructions) Before installing Arch Linux, you should decide which installation method you would like to use. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf