Change x86 default arch for 4.5?

[Steven Bosscher]

On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 10:07 PM, Erik Trulsson <ertr1013@student.uu.se> wrote:
>> There is nothing which stops them from using -march=i386. It just may not
>> be the default.
>
> That argument cuts both ways you know.  There is nothing stopping
> people with the latest CPUs from using -march=  to get code optimised
> for their hardware.  It just may not be the default.

Which brings us back to the discussion of satisfying the needs of a
tiny minority while hurting the vast majority of users. I prefer to
satisfy the need of the majority.

Ciao!
Steven