Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 9 Jan 1998 17:11:30 +0100 (MET) | From | Gabriel Paubert <> | Subject | Re: Processor Type ??? Of compiler or executer? |
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On Fri, 9 Jan 1998, Alistair Riddell wrote:
> This has probably been asked before, but what's the best choice for a > kernel running on a Pentium II? Would it be Pentium or PPro?
PPro, PII and the next chip from Intel (see ISSCC98 preview) are based on the same (P6) microarchitecture. If you use plain gcc, however, 486 is probably the best optimization for these processors.
Greetings, Gabriel.
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