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Bug#198158: architecture i386 isn't i386 anymore



>* what opcodes need to be emulated?
<snip>
>    * all 386->486 opcodes (there's just a few of them, right?)
This is the correct answer. :-)  Then all programs can be compiled with
gcc --arch=i486 --tune=i686 (which should probably be mandated as the 
standard, in fact).

>* do you need SMP on 80386?  Is there even such thing as 80386 SMP
>  machines?  Not requiring SMP support would make the ABI change 
>  trivial...
I think there is no such thing as SMP for 80386.

-- 
Nathanael Nerode  <neroden at gcc.gnu.org>
http://home.twcny.rr.com/nerode/neroden/fdl.html



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