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Date:      Thu, 22 Feb 2001 22:53:52 +0100 (CET)
From:      Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@Leidinger.net>
To:        kris@obsecurity.org
Cc:        arch@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/mk sys.mk
Message-ID:  <200102222153.f1MLrsf01077@Magelan.Leidinger.net>
In-Reply-To: <20010222125552.B6517@mollari.cthul.hu>

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On 22 Feb, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 12:50:50PM +0100, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> On 21 Feb, Kris Kennaway wrote:
>> 
>> > .if ${MACHINE_CPU:Mi686}
>> > CFLAGS += -mpentiumpro
>> > .elif ${MACHINE_CPU:Mi586}
>> > CFLAGS += -mpentium
>> > ...
>> > .endif
>> > 
>> > which may be worthwhile to do.
>> > 
>> > The -march statement doesnt matter though, since some binaries built
>> > with MACHINE_CPU set will already be CPU-specific (e.g. if you specify
>> > i686 then openssl will use the i686 blowfish code)
>> 
>> You want to use "-mXXX -march=XXX". You are CPU-specific already, no
>> need to produce parts of code which run on an i386 too.
> 
> Hmm, that's not what's documented in the gcc info docs.

The docs are wrong.

> `-march=CPU TYPE'
>      Generate instructions for the machine type CPU TYPE.  The choices
>      for CPU TYPE are the same as for `-mcpu'.  Moreover, specifying
>      `-march=CPU TYPE' implies `-mcpu=CPU TYPE'.

That's not true, test it on your own (see my previous mail with my test
program) if you think the doc is right (or have a look at "man gcc" on a
system with gcc 2.95.3 (e.g. a recent -current)).

Bye,
Alexander.

-- 
            It is easier to fix Unix than to live with NT.

http://www.Leidinger.net                       Alexander @ Leidinger.net
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