Bug#268757: gcc-3.4-doc: x86_64 -march=*, -m64 option documentation needs clarification

[hegbloom@pdx.edu]

Package: gcc-3.4-doc
Severity: normal


http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2004/08/msg00306.html

`-m32'
`-m64'
     Generate code for a 32-bit or 64-bit environment.  The 32-bit
     environment sets int, long and pointer to 32 bits and generates
     code that runs on any i386 system.  The 64-bit environment sets
     int to 32 bits and long and pointer to 64 bits and generates code
     for AMD's x86-64 architecture.

It is not clear in the above paragraph whether -m64 implies -march=k8
or what.  It probably should not...  I am not an expert, that's why I
went to the manual.  Can you please fix it?


-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (400, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.8-lucgm.1
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8