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Re: Default settings of arch and cpu on ix86
- To: Andreas Jaeger <aj at arthur dot rhein-neckar dot de>
- Subject: Re: Default settings of arch and cpu on ix86
- From: Richard Henderson <rth at cygnus dot com>
- Date: Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:54:17 -0700
- Cc: egcs-patches at egcs dot cygnus dot com
- References: <u81zfoec7y.fsf@arthur.rhein-neckar.de>
On Mon, Jun 07, 1999 at 08:50:09AM +0200, Andreas Jaeger wrote:
> IMHO this should be changed to use PROCESSOR_DEFAULT for both arch and cpu.
I don't agree. Currently one has to use -march=i686 to generate
code incompatible with the 80386. Changing that is not something
we should do without shouting a warning from the mountain tops.
The benefits don't seem worth the pain.
r~