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Re: [PATCH] Add -mtune=ia support
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Patrick Marlier <patrick dot marlier at gmail dot com>
- Cc: GCC Patches <gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>
- Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2013 13:05:06 -0800
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Add -mtune=ia support
- Authentication-results: sourceware.org; auth=none
- References: <20131205182254 dot GA17941 at intel dot com> <52A0E9E0 dot 5070508 at gmail dot com>
On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 1:02 PM, Patrick Marlier
<patrick.marlier@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 12/05/2013 07:22 PM, H.J. Lu wrote:
>>
>> We'd like to add a new -mtune=ia option for x86 to optimize for both
>> Haswell and Silvermont. Currently, -mtune=ia is aliased to -mtune=slm.
>> We will improve it further for Haswell and Silvermont. Later, we will
>> update it to future Intel processors.
>
>
> At first, 'ia' means to me Itanium, ie IA-64. I would personally prefer
> another name but maybe I am the only one to think that.
>
"ia" stands for Intel Architecture. It is the natural name for
this option.
--
H.J.