I have another question on this build, config puts in
-march=i486
but, shouldn't we be using
-march=pentium
The reason I ask is I see a lot of files that appear to be
specific for the Pentium or later CPU - will these execute
on a 80486?
Yes, they will. -586 is legacy suffix and denotes the fact that
instructions were originally *scheduled* in Pentium favor. But it
doesn't [and never did] mean that the code would be executable
exclusively on Pentium. It should be pointed out:-) that if anybody
should raise a concern about 486 compatibility, then it shouldn't be a
Solaris x86 user, because Pentium was always minimum requirement (as far
as I recall:-). This is why it's indeed more appropriate to use
-march=pentium on Solaris x86, but not because of -586 suffix in
assembler module names. A.
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