Re: Compiling i686 packages?
Ethan Benson [erbenson@alaska.net] wrote:
> On Sat, May 27, 2000 at 07:31:27AM +0200, Mattias Sundberg wrote:
> >
> > I sent a mail asking about how to compile i686 Deb packages, due to an
> > disfunctional backup attempt I lost all my mailboxes so I don´t know if I
> > got any replies so here goes again:
> >
> > How do I compile i686 Debian packages using apt-get/dpkg, is it enough
> > just to compile the kernel as i686?
>
> its a waste of time, don't bother. 1) it won't buy any sigificant
> speed increase in 99.9% of programs. and 2) there is no i686
> optimization AFAIK, only plain jane Pentium optimization which does
> not help on PII, PIIIs or any AMD/non-intel chip.
>
> the biggest thing you get out of this type of optimization is
> increased unreliability due to miscompilation.
Don't take offence, I'm just curious.
If I understand you correctly, adding a switch (-march=pentiumpro / i686)
to gcc at compile time is meaningless for 99.9% of programs?
It doesn't make sense for the gcc people to add a switch that does
nothing 99.9% of the time, plus the increased unreliability factor.
Can you explain a little bit more or point to docs that can on this
issue? This is one of the thing I'm curious about.
Thanks,
MB
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