On Mar 29 09:55, Andy Koppe wrote: > > Well, I guess the question is, what's the minimum level of CPU we want to > > support, and I can configure the next version --with-arch that level, and as > > long as it's >=486 we'll be ok. I think the question is mainly "686, or is > > there any reason to have 586 as the minimum supported CPU"? > > Windows 2000 and XP only require 586. Can't imagine many people using > them on a Pentium machine though, and the 686 CMOV instruction would > be nice to have. Also, should -with-tune be set to something recent?
The last i586 was built in 1999 and had a 300 MHz clock rate. The i686 has been introduced in 1995 and in 1999 the P3 had a minimum clock rate of 450 MHz. I don't think we really need a default compiler and a default installation sticking to the old i586 design any longer. And, btw, is there any Linux distro still using a i586 compiler? If there are really still i586 users out there, hey, it's all available in sources. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
