On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 00:01, Nicholas wrote:
> On Tuesday 02 Dec 2003 12:20 pm, sf wrote:
> >
> > i586-pc-linux-gnu and -march=k6-3 are correct. -march=i686 is incorrect
> > and should be -march=i586.
> >
> Thanks for clarifying that.
> 
> Is that a bug in xine-lib ebuild then (changing -march=k6-3 to i686 ) ?
> 
> Does anyone know roughly what effect -march=i686 would have (xine no longer 
> works after emerging from 1_beta12 to 0.9.13) ?  Would gcc use instructions 
> that k6-III hasn't implemented?

It would. Things should _compile_ fine as i686 on your i586 processor,
but as soon as one of those compiled programs tries to issue an
i686-specific instruction, you're in trouble.

And from your original message:

> I thought the Pentium Pro was a dead-end, and that 
> the Pentium II was based on the Pentium.

No, the pentium II's are based on the pentium pro.

Chris I 

Often things ARE as bad as they seem!

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