X-POP3-Rcpt: mlehmann AT universe DOT sgh-net DOT de
20 Jan 1998 22:49:15 +0100 (CET)
From: Ronald Wahl <Ronald DOT Wahl AT Informatik DOT TU-Chemnitz DOT DE>
X-Sender: rwa AT goliath DOT csn DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de
To: Brian Makin <makinb AT ctc DOT com>
cc: beastium-list AT Desk DOT nl
Subject: Re: AMD K6
In-Reply-To: <34C518F3.446B@ctc.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980120224559.29947A-100000@goliath.csn.tu-chemnitz.de>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: Marc Lehmann <pcg AT goof DOT com>
Status: RO
Content-Length: 662
Lines: 25

On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, Brian Makin wrote:

> I am not on the mailing list but wanted to ask a question.
> 
> Is pgcc worth using on an AMD K6?

Yes.

> And if so, how should I compile code for it?

-O6 -mamdk6

If you encounter problems use a lesser optimization level. Maybe you
should also use -fno-exceptions for C-programs to get smaller binaries
since you won't need execptions in C in most cases. This option will not
improve speed.

ron

-- 
\ Ronald Wahl --- rwa AT informatik DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de   \
 \ WWW: http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~row             \
  \ Talk: rwa AT goliath DOT csn DOT tu-chemnitz DOT de            \
   \ PGP key available by finger to my email address \