Re: ia64

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@fantomas.sk>]

> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> >Are you sure? 3DNow! instructions are vector instructions, they aren't
> >usually used in ordinary code. -march=athlon64 (and k6,k7/athlon) doesn't
> >necessarily mean that the gcc will use those instructions...

On 12.11.06 21:19, Marko Randjelovic wrote:
> Why wouldn't if suitable?
> 
> From gcc manual:
> 
> k8, opteron, athlon64, athlon-fx
> AMD K8 core based CPUs with x86-64 instruction set support. (This 
> supersets MMX, SSE, SSE2, 3dNOW!, enhanced 3dNOW! and 64-bit instruction 
> set extensions.)
> 
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.1.1/gcc/i386-and-x86_002d64-Options.html 

The keyword is "suitable". vector instructions do not belong to those used
frequently in usual applications.
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