Re: ramblings about old hardware, gzip, bz2, and pentium opts
On Sat, Dec 04, 1999 at 04:56:28PM -0200, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
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> > > Debian should be compiled with Pentium optimisation []
> > `pentium optimisations slows down 99% of all systems'
> > You claim that Celeron / Cx 6x86 / PIII / K6 / Merced etc.
> > are faster with 386-optimized soft than with Pentium-optimized soft
> > Do you have any stats to prove it ???
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> Anyway there are many people using Debian on 386 and 486 machines :(,
> so IMHO it whould be VERY bad to compile the whole thing for
> Pentiums.
> At least the default optimisation should be 486 or even 386 so Debian
> whould be usable on 386 and on some strange 486 and 586 which
> sometimes
> crash on 486/Pentium instructions.
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> Also note that Pentium optimisation is not so good and popular
> standart
> as 386 or 486 optimisation.
Didnt mean : use 486-or-better-only instructions
Mean : use optimalizations for 486 using only 386-or-better instructions
Is this ok ?
486 is much more similar to modern hardware than 386 was.
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