Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:15:06 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> To: Dimitry Andric <dimitry@andric.com> Cc: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: x86 boot code build Message-ID: <506E6CDA.4080507@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <506DEB4C.5020508@andric.com> References: <506C385C.3020400@FreeBSD.org> <506DEB4C.5020508@andric.com>
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on 04/10/2012 23:02 Dimitry Andric said the following: > Well, do we still officially support any real i386 machines? If so, we > should still use -march=i386 for the boot code. Otherwise, let's start > using -march=i486 explicitly. As I mentioned earlier, the only difference for boot code is use of 'leave' instruction. I don't think -march=i486 buys us much, if anything, except for "coolness factor" (i486 is "cooler" than i386). On the other hand it makes binaries larger. So... -- Andriy Gapon
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