Correct Compiler Flags for my Computer

[James McDonald]

Kurt Wall wrote:

>An unnamed Administration source, James McDonald, wrote:
>% People,
>% 
>% I have a Pentium III 600 with 512MB RAM running mdk9.1.
>% 
>% I have been compiling and installing stuff using the compiler flags in 
>% douglas's mozilla from source sxs namely |'-O3 -march=i686 -mcpu=i686' ?
>
>In most cases, "-O2" is preferable and will certainly speed up the 
>compilation. Using "-march=i686" implies "-mcpu=i686", so you don't 
>have to use "-mcpu=i686" if you specify "-march=i686". Depending on your 
>compiler version, you can use "-march=pentium3" instead of "-march=i686".
>Other optimization options you can use for the Pentium III include 
>"-mfpmath=sse", "-msse", "-msse2", and "-mmmx".
>
>Kurt
>
Thanks Kurt this is going into my 'keep for future reference' section