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Message-ID: <yw1x4ow2ugcz.fsf@ps3.mansr.com>
Date: Sun, 03 May 2009 20:38:20 +0100
From: Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Specific support for Intel Atom architecture
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> writes:
> Willy Tarreau wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> $(call cc-option,-march=atom,-march=i686)
>>>> if it's an in-order architecture, wouldn't it be better to tune for
>>>> i386 or i486 instead ?
>>> -march isn't about tuning, it's about supported instructions.
>>
>> agreed, but unless specified otherwise using -mtune, -march also sets
>> default tuning for the indicated CPU. At least in my experience.
>>
>>> The right line is
>>> $(call cc-option,-march=atom,-march=core2)
>
> For really old gcc's (we support all the way back to gcc 3.2 still)
> -march=core2 might not work either.
-march=core2 support was added in gcc 4.3.
--
Måns Rullgård
mans@...sr.com
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