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Re: Clarification on mcpu/tune/arch options
On Dec 13, 2007 7:21 PM, John (Eljay) Love-Jensen <eljay@adobe.com> wrote:
> Hi NightStrike,
>
> > What is the nature of this discrepancy between the documentation and what I see as common usage?
>
> There are different -m options for different hardware models & configurations, that are particular to that hardware model.
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.2.2/gcc/Submodel-Options.html
>
> I suspect you are looking at the ARM information:
>
> http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.2.2/gcc/ARM-Options.html
>
> HTH,
> --Eljay
>
> PS: I think the "m" in "-m" is "machine". But that's just a guess.
>
>
Ah, jeez... So basically, I totally misread the manual. Or, more
accurately, I didn't read far enough. Many thanks for clearing up my
mistake!