Re: Kernel optimizations

Petko Manolov (petkan@dce.bg)
Tue, 08 Aug 2000 13:38:29 +0300

quasi@quasisoft.com wrote:
>
> Does it make a difference for the kernel optimization when it is compiled
> for a Pentium-or-better processor using either the -m486 or -mpentium flags?

If you have egcs og gcc newer than 2.8 you can use -march=i586 and
you'll
get slightly faster kernel on pentium machines.

Petkan

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