Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] New computer and Gentoo
Date:	Sat, 23 Jul 2011 13:41:36
Message-Id:	`525EAB29-5C24-4DF3-B91D-94BEEF519D7A@stellar.eclipse.co.uk`
In Reply to:	Re: [gentoo-user] New computer and Gentoo by Florian Philipp

1	On 22 July 2011, at 07:45, Florian Philipp wrote:
2	> Every "native" setting is just resolved by gcc at compile time to some
3	> concrete setting like "core2".
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5	Perfectly correct.
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7	On 21 July 2011, at 15:05, Florian Philipp wrote:
8	> ...
9	> (unless, of course, if the GCC guys get their switch-case logic wrong).
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11	Unfortunately, this has been known to happen.
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13	See GCC bug 48743.
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15	http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=48743
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17	Admittedly the affected CPU in that case is somewhat older, dated and unfashionable.
18	Hopefully such errors will be less common on newer CPUs, but we shouldn't rule it out.
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20	Stroller.