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Re: i686-gcc vs i586-Suse Linux
Martin Krischik writes:
> Am 06.06.2007, 11:56 Uhr, schrieb Andrew Haley
> <aph-gcc@littlepinkcloud.COM>:
>
> > ??????? ?????? writes:
> > > ?ould you give me a confirmation that:
> > > 'The installation of the 'i686' gcc is compatable with the 'i586'
> > > version of Suse Linux' ?
>
> > I don't really understand why you're asking this. If you have a i586
> > system, why not configure gcc for the i586 ?
> > The most significant difference between i586 (Pentium) and i686
> > (Pentium Pro) from gcc's point of view is MMX instructions.
>
> SuSE only distristributes for i586! This is - of course - outdated
> so it is resonable to create a more modern tool chain on top. I do
> so as well. Mind you I would which for pentium4 - but that fails
> as cross compile is still flacky. But that is a diffrent story.
Fair enough. i586 and i686 use the same ABI, and there shouldn't be
any cases where running i686 compilers on top of a GNU/Linux system
built for i586 will cause any problems.
Andrew.