On 11/16/06, Jon M wrote: > > 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 > > yes my MAKEOPTS are -j3 indeed :)