Re: Yet another cyrix 6x86 question

owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
21 Dec 1996 23:31:32 +0100

Stephen S M Wong <smwong@cs.cuhk.hk> writes:
>
> I think the current status is that, there is no difference, as no
> production version of gcc has PPro (nor Pentium) specific optimization
> yet. So, 486/Pentium/PPro flag should not make a difference.

There are diffrences:

1. Diffent compile-time flags
2. Handwritten assembly- I.E. don't use Pentium code on a 486

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