From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_06_12,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from mailgw1.netvision.net.il ([194.90.1.14]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15LMGp-0000OA-00 for gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 04:03:32 -0600 Received: from localhost (ras2-p25.rlz.netvision.net.il [62.0.84.153]) by mailgw1.netvision.net.il (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id NAA24568 for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:02:26 +0300 (IDT) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Dan Armak To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] make.conf optimization flags for k6, athlon X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <01071323350502.00707@localhost> <01071410100900.00576@localhost> <20010714112553.K10780@hvs.envisage.co.za> In-Reply-To: <20010714112553.K10780@hvs.envisage.co.za> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01071413032803.00576@localhost> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Jul 14 04:04:02 2001 X-Original-Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:03:28 +0300 X-Archives-Salt: 74ae8596-522f-4a31-b368-97b922f15ddf X-Archives-Hash: fe8a178b603dd7fa0a7d8a7c4b0e7527 On Saturday 14 July 2001 12:25, you wrote: > On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 10:10:09AM +0300, Dan Armak wrote: > > I added it. I also added an i386 option. Does anyone know why the > > options started from 486 initially? Is there a problem in using 386 (with > > a math coprocessor)? > > There are some issues with the i386-i387 connections (Bad Intel decision, > causing us to have one less IRQ available :() and there are also an > instruction or two on the i486 that's not on the i386, especially cache > related. But as far as I understand all things properly compiled for the i386 should work, right? I don't have a 386. Someone who does might want to test Gentoo on it. Though cross-compiling to 386 from a faster machine might be a good idea :-) Dan Armak