I have heard (Rumor here) that pentium optimized code
doesn't help much and can hurt on a pII or pIII?  I
would verify this before takeing my word but just thought
I would pass on that rumor.

DISCLAIMER:  This could be pure fiction.  You will want
to check at least one other source to verify this.  I
just wanted to pass this possiblity along

Bill Warner

On 03 Jun 2001 14:22:32 -0700, der.hans wrote:
> moin, moin,
> 
> here's a new package I just heard of:
> 
> Description: force pentium optimized compilation
>  Replaces gcc, cc, and g++ with scripts that build pentium optimized code.
>  (Other processors can be optimized for as well.)
>  .
>  By default, after installing this package, the compilers will behave
>  normally. However, if the environment variable DEBIAN_BUILDARCH=pentium
>  is set, they will enter pentium optimized compile mode.
> 
> I'm gonna try this on my next kernel build.
> 
> ciao,
> 
> der.hans
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