On 13 Sep 2000, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Reinhard Katzmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi Cooker!
> >
> > The current RPM does not include an important option for i586 in
>/usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc:
> > -mcpu=pentium
>
> march is enough. mcpu defaults to march.
>
>
NO. The arch option allows the compiler to use the given CPU's specific
instructions. The cpu option makes the compiler reorder instructions for faster
execution on this CPU, but without introducing specific arch instructions. This
is not the same thing at all.
--
Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and more
idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more remarkable
idiots. Until now, universe leads the race" -- R. Cook
