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From: "S. David Pullara" <sdpullara@telus.net>
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Subject: Intel cpu's and the -march switch
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Can anyone tell me if compiling with gcc's -march and -mcpu options
will make any difference?  I have an AMD K6 (586-class) cpu and I have
no idea if recompiling the kernel (and other apps) with those switches
is going to result in any improvement.  Does anyone know?

thanks
David Pullara


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