Dave Jones wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 08, 2002 at 09:28:11PM +0200, Daniel Mehrmann wrote:
> > Hi Alan,
> >
> > i add for the AMD Athlon family some optimize compilerflags.
> > Gcc 3.1 and 3.2 support more specific Athlon instructions as 3.0 or 2.95x.
> > This patch for 2.4.19, 2.4.20-pre5 and 2.5.33 set a new "-march" flag:
> >
> > Athlon TB/Duron += -march=athlon-tbird
> > Athlon XP/Athlon4/Duron += -march=athlon-xp
> > Athlon MP += -march=athlon-mp
>
> I thought these were all just gcc aliases for the same options ?
> It's been a while since I looked at the gcc option parser, so I've
> forgotten exactly what happens, but at least you missed the
> bogus athlon-4 option.
>
> Are the gains between all these options really worth the added
> complexity ?
>
> Dave
>
They all have the same scheduling AFAICS, there are minor variations
between athlon, athlon-tbird, and the rest:
>
> {"athlon", PROCESSOR_ATHLON, PTA_MMX | PTA_PREFETCH_SSE | PTA_3DNOW
> | PTA_3DNOW_A},
> {"athlon-tbird", PROCESSOR_ATHLON, PTA_MMX | PTA_PREFETCH_SSE
> | PTA_3DNOW | PTA_3DNOW_A},
> {"athlon-4", PROCESSOR_ATHLON, PTA_MMX | PTA_PREFETCH_SSE | PTA_3DNOW
> | PTA_3DNOW_A | PTA_SSE},
> {"athlon-xp", PROCESSOR_ATHLON, PTA_MMX | PTA_PREFETCH_SSE | PTA_3DNOW
> | PTA_3DNOW_A | PTA_SSE},
> {"athlon-mp", PROCESSOR_ATHLON, PTA_MMX | PTA_PREFETCH_SSE | PTA_3DNOW
> | PTA_3DNOW_A | PTA_SSE},
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