On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 03:08:49AM +0200, J.A. Magallon wrote:
> I think that the menu should contain separate config options for each
> processor type, so it is easily modifiable for specific optimizations
> offered by new compilers (for example, gcc-3.1 splitting i686 in
> pentium-pro, p2, p3 and p4), or some braindead hacker can optimize
> code snippets for some kind of processor.
Something like..
http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/patches/old/cpu-choice-2.diff
perhaps ? My original motivation wasn't so that we could fine grain the
compiler flags, but to cut down on the "my cpu wasn't in the list and
I didn't know which one to pick" bug reports.
I got sidetracked with something else though, which meant I never saw
this patch through to completion.. if theres any interest I'll pick it
up again.
Dave.
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