From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Gkj83-0008PU-0F for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:26:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAGFLHLs007387; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:21:17 GMT Received: from mail.net-xero.net (mail.net-xero.com [66.29.75.80] (may be forged)) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAGFIY5H026617 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 15:18:35 GMT Received: (qmail 25870 invoked from network); 16 Nov 2006 15:18:33 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.2.195?) (192.168.2.195) by mail.net-xero.net with SMTP; 16 Nov 2006 15:18:33 -0000 Message-ID: <455C8147.2040801@net-xero.net> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 10:18:31 -0500 From: Jon M User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on one machine, then move the drive to another References: <455B3D27.7030702@net-xero.net> <200611151844.16284.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <5591a9500611151500h44dc41cah12d5575ff530aef@mail.gmail.com> <200611161525.34962.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> <5591a9500611160630p49562414le5d86e4ce8f1009f@mail.gmail.com> <455C796E.7060202@net-xero.net> <455C7DF4.8050304@net-xero.net> <5591a9500611160710t4ca94815v42ca1df8d8480a90@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5591a9500611160710t4ca94815v42ca1df8d8480a90@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d0a74164-0c04-4dc3-8c9a-c34d96236cac X-Archives-Hash: d692cab0c2bc582b348e6597eec8f5c2 Mark M wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > I actually wasn't planning on using 64bit anyway > > I'm wondering if I should set my CFLAGS to -march=x86-32 or leave it as > -march=pentium4? Are they essentially the same? I already took your > previous suggestion and enabled vSMP support, though I haven't moved the > drive to it's new home as of yet. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > > x86-32 will be the lowest common settings for all 32bit cpus. > so pentium4 is the setting I believe you should use. > I can tell you from my experience, since I use PentiumD cpu, that > recompiling with -march=prescott gave me better performance then > -marh=x86-32, especially in disk intensive and multimedia applications, > such as video encoding and large database access. > > > Hi Mark, Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to switch my CFLAGS to that. I might as well make the system run as fast as it possibly can. What did you set your MAKEOPTS to? I was thinking -j3 because of the two cores plus one. Did you do the same? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list