On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 10:55:51AM -0600, Will Clifton wrote
> I have a question about my make.conf for my new P4 Prescott 3.2. Before I get
> too busy installing I want to set my CFLAGS to get the most out of my chip. Is
> the following too much? I'm not a programmer, but this is what I got out of
> reading some forum posts and man gcc. I also read the setting the -march flag 
> to "prescott" causes
> problems. Has any one else experienced this? 
> 
> Any opinions are appreciated.

  -O3 is a baaaaaad idea.  Not only does it break some programs, it can
actually slow down others that don't break.  In order for us to be able
to better advise you, can you capture the output from "cat /proc/cpuinfo"
and post it?  The important lines are "model name" and "flags".

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An infinite number of monkeys pounding away on keyboards will
eventually produce a report showing that Windows is more secure,
and has a lower TCO, than linux.

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