[Nottingham] 32 bit / 64 bit

[Martin]

Richard Ward wrote:
> Martin wrote:
>> David Aldred wrote:
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>> (All 64-bit except for the 32-bit netbook and 32-bit-ish Epia C3)
[--- A very good 64-bit/32-bit apps issues summary ---]
> Martin: Out of interest what is 32-bit-ish?

A CPU that reports itself as being an i686 yet doesn't have the i686 
CMOV instruction!

Nasty if you don't know about it. Things just don't work.


Note:
http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Safe_Cflags/Via#C3_Samuel.2FEzra_.28Via_EPIA.29

A good question with that is whether -Os works better than -O2 for the 
cache-crippled C3?

Cheers,
Martin

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