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Originally Posted by phoenix
Leave i586. It enables some in-kernel copy speedup functions. Improves memory allocations and copying of data around in the kernel. Don't remember the specifics of it, but it's faster than just i686.
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Only interesting info I found is about
npx(4) and i586, and that is applicable for older machines. I use core2 CPU without i586, and performance is not decreased comparing with GENERIC.