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"Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@over-yonder.net> writes:
> >    CPUTYPE ?=3D pentiumpro
> I recall a thread somewhere recently about pentiumpro being decidedly
> suboptimal for some new CPUs.  Although, on 4.x with the older version
> of gcc, it may not matter.

I believe the reverse is true - pentiumpro proved to be superior to p3
and p4 even on p3s and p4s.

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