Re: What architecture are we?
Bruce Perens wrote:
>> I'm assuming that user-mode software built for the Pentium still
>> runs on 386. If that's the case, please add the flag and send it
>> back to the author for inclusion in the upstream source.
Brian C. White <bcwhite@verisim.com> writes:
> Perhaps it should be suggested to the compiler group that GCC have
> separate options for "optimization" and "instruction set". That way
> you could "optimize for 486 but be sure to run on 386".
There aren't any 486 or 586 optimizations that cause GCC code to fail
on 386 machines. Search for "-m386" in the GCC Info pages:
`-m486'
`-m386'
Control whether or not code is optimized for a 486 instead of an
386. Code generated for an 486 will run on a 386 and vice versa.
There are some other options that will speed up performance on 586
machines, but I'm not as keen on those.
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Daniel Quinlan http://www.pathname.com/~quinlan
quinlan@pathname.com quinlan@transmeta.com (at work)
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