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 1GkjkJ-0007rn-NX for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:05:48 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAGG3iGA018187; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:03:44 GMT Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.224]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAGG10IL019846 for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 16:01:01 GMT Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i30so937780wxd for ; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:01:00 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=PJOE/VyJVkbbbMSQelV+oaWsXgkNHCw3mPjSno55c4xMm+R/tiAqiDN9y1HD3+x9Sk7vkx33zbx5tXMUaOLk27Fs3HqLFowPkSWgjxFI0g7sNvP/N8ZwPxlwfBWXHN2sCUC1Ms0clowlFF7EHahSR1iSVxMsS386TVARnXcLW1U= Received: by 10.70.125.11 with SMTP id x11mr1033181wxc.1163692860056; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:01:00 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.70.113.11 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:00:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5591a9500611160800n290330cfm2e28b8c29a2c9455@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 18:00:59 +0200 From: "Mark M" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Install Gentoo on one machine, then move the drive to another In-Reply-To: <455C8147.2040801@net-xero.net> 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 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_19390_22417362.1163692859752" 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> <455C8147.2040801@net-xero.net> X-Archives-Salt: c6fcea56-d35e-4c73-8b9d-c7c85ac34f13 X-Archives-Hash: ba9678b48b7d16961aeea875a090a764 ------=_Part_19390_22417362.1163692859752 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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 :) ------=_Part_19390_22417362.1163692859752 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline

On 11/16/06, Jon M <gentoo@net-xero.net> 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 <mailto: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 :)
 
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