Re: K6 Optimized Debian Binaries
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> This reminds me: what are the best compiler options for AMD chips (I
> have a K6-2)? I principally thinking of gcc or egcs. If they have
> AMD specific options great, otherwise, what type of Intel is it best
> to pretend to be?
Stick with egcs (it is gcc nowadays anyway). IIRC it pretends to be a
Pentium the best (keep in mind that I've not been paying much attention).
> pgcc is news to me. I take it this is an AMD targetted compiler. I
> would have thought AMD support would just be folded into gcc.
AMD support has been merged.
> Is there a reason it's not? (Or is it just slower and safer)?
gcc/egcs _is_ safer - pgcc is distributed as a patch to gcc and touches
many compiler internals (for optimizations). It's been known to make
things crash prone (like the kernel).
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"There are two things that are infinite; Human stupidity and the
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