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On Mon, 2003-05-26 at 10:24, Dhruba Bandopadhyay wrote: |
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> Hello |
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> Portage 2.0.48 came with the following warning. |
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> # CRITICAL WARNINGS: |
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> ****************************************************** # |
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> # ATHLON-4 will generate invalid SSE instructions; use 'athlon' |
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> instead. # |
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> # PENTIUM4 will generate invalid SSE2 instructions; use 'pentium3' |
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> instead. # |
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> # |
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> ************************************************************************* |
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> However, now that gcc 3.2.3 is on ~x86 I would just like to seek the |
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> affirmation of the devs that the new gcc does resolve these bugs before |
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> I move from -march=pentium3 to pentium4. Is it now safe to use p4 by |
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> recommendation? |
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> Out of curiousity how about athlon-4? |
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For pentium4 some of the bugs seem to be fixed. I have not have the |
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chance to check them all yet (and anyhow already getting things |
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ready for gcc-3.3). |
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As for athlon-4 ... I have no idea. |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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