Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@sourceware.cygnus.com; run by ezmlm List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@sources.redhat.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@sources.redhat.com X-Apparently-From: Message-ID: <3AE317CD.C689642E@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:41:33 -0400 From: Earnie Boyd Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Andrew Markebo CC: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: Support in gcc for 586 References: <200104221604.JAA10695@mail7.bigmailbox.com> <20010422123312.A24385@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Andrew Markebo wrote: > > / Christopher Faylor wrote: > | On Sun, Apr 22, 2001 at 09:04:04AM -0700, Nicolay Giraldo wrote: > | >I just downloaded and installed cygwin, to find that I can't compile anything because gcc supports only 686 and up. > | >I have a Pentium MMX, what can I do ?? > | > | Use the gcc that comes with the package. > | > | It should support 386+. > | > | cgf > > Humm.. I just checked my gcc. > > flognat@CUTIE2K /usr/lib/gcc-lib > $ gcc --version > 2.95.3-2 > flognat@CUTIE2K /usr/lib/gcc-lib > $ ls /usr/lib/gcc-lib/ > i686-pc-cygwin > > Smells like 686 compiled?? > No!!! It was built on i686 not optimized for i686. The default configuration is for i386 optimization. However, the autoconfiguration sees the arch as i686 if you configure on i686 and sees the arch as i586 if you configure on a i586, etc. Earnie. _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- Want to unsubscribe from this list? Check out: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple