On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Joseph D. Wagner wrote: > This is not accurate. gcc has two separate sets of optimizations. The > first (mtune) tunes everything except the ABI. This is the part that is > optimized for the Pentium 4. The second (march) actually tunes the ABI. > The second is optimized for 386. In other words, it won't take > advantage of any instruction that didn't exist on the original 386. We know this, but the present compile settings still are just fine. Please go read the archives! :) Best, -- Elliot