On 11/16/06, Jon M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mark M wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > I actually wasn't planning on using 64bit anyway > > I'm wondering if I should set my CFLAGS to -march=x86-32 or leave it as > -march=pentium4? Are they essentially the same? I already took your > previous suggestion and enabled vSMP support, though I haven't moved the > drive to it's new home as of yet. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org <mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org> mailing list > > > x86-32 will be the lowest common settings for all 32bit cpus. > so pentium4 is the setting I believe you should use. > I can tell you from my experience, since I use PentiumD cpu, that > recompiling with -march=prescott gave me better performance then > -marh=x86-32, especially in disk intensive and multimedia applications, > such as video encoding and large database access. > > > Hi Mark, Thanks for the tip! I'll be sure to switch my CFLAGS to that. I might as well make the system run as fast as it possibly can. What did you set your MAKEOPTS to? I was thinking -j3 because of the two cores plus one. Did you do the same? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
yes my MAKEOPTS are -j3 indeed :)
