i686-gcc vs i586-Suse Linux

[Andrew Haley]

Atwood, Robert C writes:
 >  I think what the poster means is 
 > 
 > "If the Linux kernel, and possibly some other applications provided
 > by a Gnu/Linux distribution provider(Suse), have been configured
 > and built with 'i586' options, should there be any problems with
 > using a gcc configured and built with 'i686' options, or the
 > programs built using that compiler?"

That depends on the processor the poster is using.  If it's an i686,
everything will be fine.  But the poster didn't tell us.

Andrew.