From: lubaldo AT adinet DOT com DOT uy
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1998 20:20:35 -0300
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: -m and -march= switches and a 5x86...
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	Hello.
	I have GCC 2.8.1 installed.
	I have tryed the -m386, -m486, -mpentium and -mpentiumpro switches and
they generate the exact same code... why is that?

	I have tryed the -march=586 switch. It produces Pentium code that it is
not compatible with earlyer CPU's, like 486, 386... but it works on my
machine! I have an AMD 5x86 processor, to my knowledge, this is a 486DX
compatible processor but it is not meant to be Pentium compatible... so
what? I have tryed also the -march=686 and that it doesn't work and thats
Ok... And the code produced by GCC with the -march=586 directive is
different from the one produced with the -march=486 directive... so: I
don't understand why it works... someone knows something?

	I hope I am not bothering too much with my silly intrigues...

	Thanks and goodbye.


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