Anyone know of any good tests for gcc?? ... usually if I am going to use sse2 instructions it's usually in optimizing a function with asm.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris I [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 6:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] i686 or pentium3 ? > > On 2003.10.20 16:53, Stuart Stegall wrote: > > My laptop is a Celeron 2.4Ghz and in my testing it was a fair bit > > faster > > with -march=pentium4. BUT!!! Note that the current GCC code produces > > bad SSE2 instructions and so Pentium4 should not be used. So use > > penium3 instead (which has sse support unlike i686). > > I think 'current' gcc builds sse2 instructions fine. gcc 3.2.3 I > believe was the version that fixed outstanding bugs. As well, 3.3 is > fine. > > -- > > Chris I > > My Bonnie looked into a gas tank, > The height of its contents to see! > She lit a small match to assist her, > Oh, bring back my Bonnie to me. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
