From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 11070 invoked by alias); 10 Jun 2007 11:05:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 11059 invoked by uid 22791); 10 Jun 2007 11:05:02 -0000 X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from server265-han.de-nserver.de (HELO server265-han.de-nserver.de) (85.158.176.48) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.31) with ESMTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:04:59 +0000 Received: (qmail 7305 invoked from network); 10 Jun 2007 13:04:46 +0200 Received: from Unknown (HELO super) (213.154.202.178) (smtp-auth username martinka, mechanism login) by server265-han.de-nserver.de (qpsmtpd/0.32) with ESMTP; Sun, 10 Jun 2007 13:04:46 +0200 Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:12:00 -0000 To: "Andrew Haley" , =?utf-8?B?0JDRhdC80LXRgtC+0LIg0JrQsNC30LHQtdC6?= Subject: Re: i686-gcc vs i586-Suse Linux From: "Martin Krischik" Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <739430768.20070606144227@af.kz> <18022.30395.259859.150576@zebedee.pink> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <18022.30395.259859.150576@zebedee.pink> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.21 (Win32) X-User-Auth: Auth by martinka through 213.154.202.178 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact gcc-help-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-help-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2007-06/txt/msg00111.txt.bz2 Message-ID: <20070610201200.2e9yCWSavUwoy32zJOtNsw0itpFCrxGQxll5tX_8l1M@z> Am 06.06.2007, 11:56 Uhr, schrieb Andrew Haley : > ??????? ?????? writes: > > ?ould you give me a confirmation that: > > 'The installation of the 'i686' gcc is compatable with the 'i586' > > version of Suse Linux' ? > I don't really understand why you're asking this. If you have a i586 > system, why not configure gcc for the i586 ? > The most significant difference between i586 (Pentium) and i686 > (Pentium Pro) from gcc's point of view is MMX instructions. SuSE only distristributes for i586! This is - of course - outdated so it is resonable to create a more modern tool chain on top. I do so as well. Mind you I would which for pentium4 - but that fails as cross compile is still flacky. But that is a diffrent story. Martin