Why does config.guess come up with such wacky stuff?

[Alexandre Oliva]

On Dec  1, 1999, Robert Lipe <robertlipe@usa.net> wrote:

> The code around line 3560 of configure.in handles this.  So now if
> you're on a 386 and type 'configure && make', GCC will presumably
> emit opcodes that your computer won't understand and generated
> binaries will crash.  If you're on a P-II or P-III and do the same,
> you're leaving clock cycles on the table becuase GCC is now "dumbed
> down" for a P5.  Neither of these are good.

I see.  This very situation comes up on Solaris/x86: config.guess
always prints i386-pc-solaris*, even though I'm running on a P-II.  It
would be nice to get this fixed too.

> Without fretting over the details right now, would you support
> something like this in the master copy of config.guess so that GCC
> can use the master copy?

I'd certainly like it, but I'm not the one to decide.  Ben Elliston is
the official maintainer of these files.

>         *Pentium$) UNAME_MACHINE=i586;;
                  ^ does this really work?

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