diff -Nru a/arch/i386/Makefile b/arch/i386/Makefile
--- a/arch/i386/Makefile	Mon Feb 17 13:35:18 2003
+++ b/arch/i386/Makefile	Mon Feb 17 13:35:18 2003
@@ -23,8 +23,10 @@
 
 CFLAGS += -pipe
 
+check_gcc = $(shell if $(CC) $(1) -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "$(1)"; else echo "$(2)"; fi)
+
 # prevent gcc from keeping the stack 16 byte aligned
-CFLAGS += $(shell if $(CC) -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -S -o /dev/null -xc /dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2"; fi)
+CFLAGS += $(call check_gcc,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2,)
 
 ifdef CONFIG_M386
 CFLAGS += -march=i386
@@ -83,7 +85,8 @@
 endif
 
 ifdef CONFIG_MCYRIXIII
-CFLAGS += -march=i486 -malign-functions=0 -malign-jumps=0 -malign-loops=0
+CFLAGS += $(call check_gcc,-march=c3,-march=i486)
+CFLAGS += $(call check_gcc,-falign-functions=0 -falign-jumps=0 -falign-loops=0,-malign-functions=0 -malign-jumps=0 -malign-loops=0)
 endif
 
 HEAD := arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o