On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 18:36:49 +0000, David W Noon wrote:

> >CFLAGS="-O2 -march=geode -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
> >CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}"
> >CHOST="i486-pc-linux-gnu"  
> 
> Try using i686 instead.
> 
> >flags           : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 pge cmov mmx mmxext 3dnowext  
> 
> You have CMOV and MMX, as well as 3DNow! instructions -- with
> extensions. That makes it an Athlon "lite" processor, or a K6-3 with
> CMOV instructions.  These are enough to make it compatible with the
> Pentium Pro (i686) architecture, and a bit more besides.

Apparently it's not quite a full i686. The research I did at the time
indicated that using anything higher than i486 was asking for problems.


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Neil Bothwick

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