On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Joseph <syscon...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 04/06/09 21:07, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> >> On Mon, 6 Apr 2009 10:35:56 -0600, Joseph wrote: >> >>> Well, according to gentoo recommendations it is not so: >>> http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Safe_Cflags >> >> Information on gentoo-wiki.com is not a Gentoo recomendation. Look at >> docs.gentoo.org for those. >> >> >> -- >> Neil Bothwick > > If you have look for it more carefully you would have found similar > recommendation on the official gentoo pages: > http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/distcc.xml > I think the above page qualify as an official doc. isn't it? > "...-march=native > > Starting with GCC 4.3.0, the compiler supports the -march=native switch > which turns on CPU autodetection and optimizations that are worth being > enabled on the processor the GCC is running at..." > > So reading it, it seems to me the "-march=native" is recommended as well.
That looks like a description of what -march=native is, not a recommendation. The recommendation is in the following sentences when they warn NOT to use it when using distcc in certain configurations (same as the wiki page).