On Fri, 07 Jan 2005 09:10:37 -0200
Francisco Ares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi, all
> 
> Something special in a note from Linux at the end of the changelog for 
> the new kernel version when compiling with newer gcc versions:
> 
> " ..
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
>       Don't use "-march=pentium3" for gcc tuning.
>       
>       rth tells me that some versions of gcc may end up using the
>       SSE registers for data movement when you do that.
>       
>       Use "-march=i686 -mtune=xxxx" instead.
>       
>       (We do the same thing for march=pentium2/4 too, just for
>       consistency).
> 

AFAICT this is only an issue for kernel code.

Regards

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