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Date:      Sat, 22 Mar 2003 23:41:14 -0800
From:      David Schultz <das@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Anti <fearow@attbi.com>
Cc:        Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu>, till@f111.hadiko.de, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: libm problem
Message-ID:  <20030323074114.GA80906@HAL9000.homeunix.com>
In-Reply-To: <20030322123951.67271b29.fearow@attbi.com>
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Thus spake Anti <fearow@attbi.com>:
> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003 10:28:46 -0800
> Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Pentium 4 is definitely broken on 5.x.  Perhaps, we should remove
> > the footshooting.
> > 
> > --- bsd.cpu.mk.orig     Sat Mar 22 10:23:42 2003
> > +++ bsd.cpu.mk  Sat Mar 22 10:27:11 2003
> > @@ -62,7 +62,9 @@
> >  .  elif ${CPUTYPE} == "k5"
> >  _CPUCFLAGS = -march=pentium
> >  .  elif ${CPUTYPE} == "p4"
> > -_CPUCFLAGS = -march=pentium4
> > +# XXX gcc 3.2.2 appears to generate bad code on FreeBSD 5.x
> > +#_CPUCFLAGS = -march=pentium4
> > +_CPUCFLAGS = -march=pentiumpro
> >  .  elif ${CPUTYPE} == "p3"
> >  _CPUCFLAGS = -march=pentium3
> >  .  elif ${CPUTYPE} == "p2"
> 
> 
> pentium3 would be better than pentiumpro on a p4 i think...

You would think so, but in my (limited) testing on a P3, this does
not appear to be the case with gcc3 in -CURRENT.  Optimizing for a
Ppro worked the best, IIRC.

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