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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Move x86/amd64 CPU extensions USE flags to a new USE_EXPAND variable
Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 07:04:27
Message-Id: robbat2-20101213T070218-176512287Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Move x86/amd64 CPU extensions USE flags to a new USE_EXPAND variable by Ryan Hill
1 On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 11:09:01PM -0600, Ryan Hill wrote:
2 > On Sun, 12 Dec 2010 09:01:13 -0400
3 > "Sergio D. Rodríguez Inclan" <srinclan@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 > > El 12/12/2010 02:46 a.m., Ryan Hill escribió:
6 > > > I think the fewer sources of magic USE flags the better. Maybe we could
7 > > > document how to figure out what instruction sets a processor supports in the
8 > > > handbook instead.
9 > > A good manual would be greatly appreciated :)
10 > I wrote a guide a couple weeks ago that might be a good starting point.
11 > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Hardware_CFLAGS
12 For older stuff and esp. alternative architectures, dig out the genflags
13 utility that I wrote for the 2004.0 release, at drobbin's request.
14
15 The data would be the main stuff of use, the application itself not so
16 much.
17
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19 Robin Hugh Johnson
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