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Re: FYI: -march/-mcpu patch for mips

On 23 Jun 2001 10:01:18 +0100, Philip Blundell wrote:
> >It was never meant to be backwards compatible. That is why I also
> >changed some testcases. In fact, the new -march has the same
> >affect as the old -mcpu. Since my Linux mips toolchain is new for
> >everyone, there is no compatibility problem.
> 
> How about: have -march set the ISA, -mtune set the scheduling, and -mcpu set 
> both.  This is what GCC does for ARM, and it sounds like it should be pretty 
> much backwards compatible with the old scheme.
> 

I agree wholeheartedly.  In fact, from speaking with NickC tonight
that's exactly what I'm going to do.  Easiest to keep backwards
compatability too.

-eric


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