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From: Mike Williams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 7:38 AM
On Friday 05 December 2003 22:23, Jason Newquist wrote:
> I am in the middle of re-attempting an installation after my first two
> attempts froze. I have just completed an "emerge sync", and I'm
> giving the /etc/make.conf file a once-over before I go.
>
> Question. Apologies if this is a FAQ. Google doesn't provide a clear
> answer...
>
> In the CHOST section at the top, my default value (before entering
> stage 1) is "i486-pc-linux-gnu". In reading the comments, it says to
> leave this alone for a "Pentium Pro or higher processor." My P4 is
> indeed >= PPro. However, then it says that any "modern" machine
> should use i686.
>
> Later on, in CFLAGS, the file has an "-mCPU=i686" declaration.
>
> So which is it? Should I leave it at i486 and proceed with stage1, or
> change it to i686? Should I leave it alone for stage1, then go back
> and change it for stage2?
Set them properly first.
My P4 uses:
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-Os -march=pentium3 -pipe" # does pentium4 work right yet?
CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
- --
Mike Williams
-march=pentium4 should work fine now with both arch and ~arch versions
of gcc.
Jason
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