From:	mlehmann AT hildesheim DOT sgh-net DOT de (Marc Lehmann)
Sender:	root AT universe DOT sgh-net DOT de
Message-ID:	<3388A836.1696ED50@hildesheim.sgh-net.de>
Date:	Sun, 25 May 1997 22:59:34 +0200
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To:	dlydiard AT linknet DOT kitsap DOT lib DOT wa DOT us
CC:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: -mpentiumpro alignment & PGCC

>ok i tried out the -O6 -mpentium and saw a pretty good increase in speed
>(6 FPS faster)...i got 0 warnings 0 errors...but with -mpentiumpro i got

Easy explanation: pgcc had problems with alignment (snapshot 0509)
the pentium cpu does not use any alignments, whereas the i486 and
ppro cpus both use 16 byte alignments for labels,, functions etc...

This is why you get alignment errors with -m486 and -mpentiumpro


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