If I run gcc -fverbose-asm -mtune=native -march=native -S x.c I get cat x.s: .file "x.c" # GNU C (GCC) version 4.4.0 20090506 (Red Hat 4.4.0-4) (x86_64-redhat-linux) # compiled by GNU C version 4.4.0 20090506 (Red Hat 4.4.0-4), GMP version 4.2.4, MPFR version 2.4.1. # GGC heuristics: --param ggc-min-expand=100 --param ggc-min-heapsize=131072 # options passed: x.c -march=core2 -mcx16 -msahf --param l1-cache-size=32 # --param l1-cache-line-size=64 --param l2-cache-size=2048 -mtune=core2 # -fverbose-asm # options enabled: -falign-loops -fargument-alias ................... # -mfp-ret-in-387 -mfused-madd -mglibc -mieee-fp -mmmx -mno-sse4 # -mpush-args -mred-zone -msahf -msse -msse2 -msse3 -mssse3 ............
cat /proc/cpuinfo: flags : .....sse sse2 .... ssse3 .... sse4_1 ... Is this a bug in the march-native code, or is there a reason sse4.1 is not enabled (this cpu does not support sse4.2)? sean