* Renato Mendes: > So, for Ubuntu I would need to download the gcc latest source code and > recompile it or is there a shorter way to go ? What flags would that > be used for compilation ? Sorry, I don't know, I'm not familiar with the Ubuntu toolchain defaults. > Abount Debian, you mean that if I switch my developmnet machine to > Debian and install the latest gcc it will generate usable code for my > Vortex processor using the -march=i586 flag ? I think the default is still compatible with i486 even, at least for Debian wheezy. On a modern system, you could run it in a VM, or you can create a Debian chroot using debootstrap on an Ubuntu system.
