Date: Mon, 5 Sep 1994 23:24:38 -0500 (CDT)
From: "Troy D. VanHorn" <tvanhorn AT ozarks DOT sgcl DOT lib DOT mo DOT us>
Subject: Re: -m486
To: WU DAVID S <wudavid AT ecf DOT toronto DOT edu>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu



On Thu, 1 Sep 1994, WU DAVID S wrote:

> 
>   What exactly does the -m486 compiling command do?  
> 

It makes GCC produce more efficient code for a 486.  Probably won't help 
a 386, but it won't hurt either--code will still work on a 386.  Probably 
only makes sense when using optimization.  i.e. GCC -O2 -m486 ....

Hope this is of interest...   Troy...