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Date:      Tue, 10 Jun 2003 09:48:54 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org>
To:        ura <ura@lsc-system.com>
Cc:        doc@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: Small typo in 5.1 release notes for i386
Message-ID:  <20030610084854.GA20897@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <20030610082403.GA9400@sphinx.zzz>
References:  <20030610082403.GA9400@sphinx.zzz>

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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 11:24:03AM +0300, ura wrote:
> Hello
>=20
> There is a small typo in FreeBSD 5.1 release notes for i386.
>=20
> Said:
>=20
> GCC has been updated to 3.2.2 (release version).
>=20
>     Note: GCC is known to produce broken code with the -march=3Dpentium4 =
option set. As a workaround to avoid this problem, setting the CPUTYPE=3Dp4=
 Makefile variable (for example, in make.conf(5)) enables GCC's -march=3Dpe=
ntium3 option instead. This situation is expected to be resolved when GCC 3=
=2E3 is imported.
>=20
>=20
> Need to bee: As a workaround to avoid this problem, setting the CPUTYPE=
=3Dp3 ...

Actually that's correct as it stands.  Setting CPUTYPE=3Dp4 really does
enable -march=3Dpentium3, for the reasons outlined in the release note.

Ceri
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