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Re: [patch] require sse3 for fisttp


On Mon, 2006-09-18 at 07:10 -0700, Shantonu Sen wrote:
> Another point:
> 
> 5) If a vendor wants the default -march on i386 to be something other  
> than a circa 1980s processor at configure time, *and* support an  
> x86_64 biarch compiler, it's difficult to pick a --with-arch that  
> isn't nocona or later, since otherwise gcc will complain that the  
> explicitly selected -march value does not support the x86-64  
> instruction set. Having separate compiler default -march values for 32- 
> bit and 64-bit might also allow the underlying issue of "why are you  
> picking nocona when you don't really want that" to be addressed.

Really this is a bug that Geoff introduced, didn't you see my reply to
his patch and Geoff told me to fix his bug.
http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc-patches/2006-09/msg00443.html

-- Pinski


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