>Roland Mainz wrote:
>> BTW: Would it be usefull to make "-xarch=pentium_pro" (or
>> "-xtarget=pentium_pro" ?) the default for Solaris x86 binaries (based on
>> the detail that Intel Pentium-1 seems to be the minimum hardware which
>> is currently supported) ?
>
>We'd have to EOF support for Pentium-class CPU's pre-PPRO, but it's
>about time to do that anyway.   (The PPro has been out for just over
>a decade now according to the timeline at
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Intel_microprocessors )
>
>Making an MMX-capable Pentium Pro-class CPU (i.e. Pentium II, introduced
>in May 1997) the minimum supported hardware for Solaris Nevada would make
>a lot of sense to me.


We already dropped support for the pre-120MHz version, I believe.

Casper

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