Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 7/18/07, Neil Bothwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:49:00 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > Another method, which I would use, would be to change your CFLAGS to > what you would like for the new processor, but use mtune= instead of > march=. This will also optimize for the cp

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:49:00 +0200, Alex Schuster wrote: > Another method, which I would use, would be to change your CFLAGS to > what you would like for the new processor, but use mtune= instead of > march=. This will also optimize for the cpu, but the code will run on > any x86 CPU. emerge world

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:37:34 +0200, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > instead of two emerge --emptytree it would be faster to just nuke the > installation Except you can continue to use the machine this way. -- Neil Bothwick Do not underestimate the power of the Force. signature.asc Descri

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Mick
On Wednesday 18 July 2007 20:38, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 7/18/07, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > instead of two emerge --emptytree it would be faster to just nuke the > > installation > > > > I agree. Just back up /etc, make a copy of your world file and any > > other config files y

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Mike Williams
On Wednesday 18 July 2007 18:49:00 Alex Schuster wrote: > > What I want to know is, will my software, compiled with the above > > settings, run in the new processor? > > I think this will not work well, because your current system has > Athlon-specific CPU instructions which the Intel machine dows

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 7/18/07, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: instead of two emerge --emptytree it would be faster to just nuke the installation I agree. Just back up /etc, make a copy of your world file and any other config files you may need and start from scratch. At least then you KNOW for sure where

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > On Mittwoch, 18. Juli 2007, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > >> On 7/18/07, Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Another method, which I would use, would be to change your CFLAGS to what >>> you would like for the new processor, but use mtune= instead of mar

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
On Mittwoch, 18. Juli 2007, Daniel da Veiga wrote: > On 7/18/07, Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Another method, which I would use, would be to change your CFLAGS to what > > you would like for the new processor, but use mtune= instead of march=. > > This will also optimize for the cpu

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Daniel da Veiga
On 7/18/07, Alex Schuster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Another method, which I would use, would be to change your CFLAGS to what you would like for the new processor, but use mtune= instead of march=. This will also optimize for the cpu, but the code will run on any x86 CPU. emerge world --emptytre

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Alex Schuster
Daniel da Veiga writes: > I just got a new box for use at work, its an Intel Core Duo 1.8, 1GB > RAM, with an Intel graphic card, its a IBM Lenovo machine. My old one > is an Itautec Athlon XP 1.1GHz with 512MB RAM and an Nvidia AGP > graphic card. > > My make.conf (intersting part): > CFLAGS="-mn

Re: [gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Joshua Doll
Daniel da Veiga wrote: Hello list, I just got a new box for use at work, its an Intel Core Duo 1.8, 1GB RAM, with an Intel graphic card, its a IBM Lenovo machine. My old one is an Itautec Athlon XP 1.1GHz with 512MB RAM and an Nvidia AGP graphic card. My make.conf (intersting part): CFLAGS="-mn

[gentoo-user] Hardware upgrade and Gentoo

2007-07-18 Thread Daniel da Veiga
Hello list, I just got a new box for use at work, its an Intel Core Duo 1.8, 1GB RAM, with an Intel graphic card, its a IBM Lenovo machine. My old one is an Itautec Athlon XP 1.1GHz with 512MB RAM and an Nvidia AGP graphic card. My make.conf (intersting part): CFLAGS="-mno-tls-direct-seg-refs -O