Josh:
...
> I'm just curious - would there be any performance issues with the VIA
> processors? I'm not knowledgeable on the differences between
> different processors...is it x86 compatible? are there any other
> differences?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VIA_microprocessors
There have been some problems with vias re. cmov, e.g.:
http://lists.debian.org/debian-glibc/2003/02/msg00005.html
You can check by doing
$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 6
model : 8
model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2200+
stepping : 0
cpu MHz : 1792.552
cache size : 256 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow ts
bogomips : 3586.65
clflush size : 32
and check the flags line.
About cmov:
http://www.x86.org/secrets/opcodes/cmov.htm
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/linux/kernel/720064
Regards,
/Karl
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