On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 08:16:17 -0400, Justin Pryzby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Thu, Oct 11, 2007 at 10:52:03AM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: >> Dear mentors, >> >> in a package I prepare, there is the following line in a >> source/Makefile: >> >> CPPFLAGS=-O3 -funroll-loops -march=i686 -mfpmath=sse -msse -mmmx > CPPFLAGS is for the C PreProcessor. [...] Possibly they meant CXXFLAGS, which is for the C++ compiler? [...] > [0] My understanding is that the packaged kernels don't support 386 > but with a software emulation of some math instruction patched in, 386 > is advertised as being supported with binary packages. Support for 386 chips was officially dropped in Sarge [1]. I think it was because they weren't able to get the software emulation working without too much effort. But packages should still run on a 486 [2]. [1] http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch02s01.html.en#id2530465 [2] But it is OK to include support for the extra instructions (MMX, SSE, etc.), as long it checks that they are supported before using them. -- Hubert Chathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP/GnuPG key: 1024D/124B61FA http://www.uhoreg.ca/ Fingerprint: 96C5 012F 5F74 A5F7 1FF7 5291 AF29 C719 124B 61FA -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]