From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@kernel.org>
To: Michael Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Possibility of adding -march=native to x86
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 20:50:22 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20071025185022.GP30533@stusta.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fc94aae90710251133j4bada173h6298242ece586b61@mail.gmail.com>
On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 07:33:35PM +0100, Michael Lothian wrote:
> Hi
>
> I was wondering if it was possible to add -march=native support to the
> processor options of the new x86 architecture if gcc 4.2 or greater is being
> used.
>
> I'm not suggesting this should be a default at all, merely an extra option
> similar to selecting P4, Athlon or even -Os.
>
> I've manually tried this flag at home with no ill effects.
Selecting your CPU in the kernel configuration has more effects than
just setting the gcc flag, so it wouldn't gain you anything since you
anyway have to choose the correct CPU.
> Mike
cu
Adrian
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-10-25 18:33 ` Possibility of adding -march=native to x86 Michael Lothian
2007-10-25 18:50 ` Adrian Bunk [this message]
2007-10-25 19:09 ` Michael Lothian
2007-10-25 19:17 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-25 19:32 ` Michael Lothian
2007-10-25 19:50 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-25 20:12 ` Michael Lothian
2007-10-25 20:20 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-25 20:20 ` Arjan van de Ven
2007-10-26 10:41 ` Pádraig Brady
2007-10-26 11:45 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-25 20:40 ` Gabriel C
2007-10-25 21:30 ` Michael Lothian
2007-10-25 21:46 ` Adrian Bunk
2007-10-25 22:04 ` H. Peter Anvin
2007-10-25 22:42 ` Michael Lothian
2007-10-25 22:58 ` Adrian Bunk
[not found] ` <fc94aae90710251518l1cc129eahf570177e5b516197@mail.gmail.com>
[not found] ` <20071025222826.GY30533@stusta.de>
2007-10-25 22:58 ` Michael Lothian
2007-10-26 9:16 ` Thomas Gleixner
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