Gentoo Archives: gentoo-amd64

From: Peter Humphrey <prh@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64 - Firefox, flash, java, mplayer and more....
Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:35:43
Message-Id: 20051207193500.3a7ac00e@wstn.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-amd64] AMD64 - Firefox, flash, java, mplayer and more.... by Brett Johnson
1 On Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:44:01 -0600 (CST)
2 "Brett Johnson" <brett@××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > Here is a good doc on how to set this up:
5 >
6 > http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3
7
8 A useful pointer - thanks. But it seems to assume that we use Athlon XP
9 processors (FLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-xp -msse2 -pipe
10 -fomit-frame-pointer"). My box has Opterons, so I assume I should
11 substitute "-march=opteron", no?
12
13 I've found explanations a bit thin on the ground as to what the C arch
14 flag and the chost definition do. It's generally true that an
15 explanation is far better than an instruction if you want to avoid
16 supplementary questions :-)
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