CFLAGS ="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" is not convervative at all. -O3 could cause you many problems in stability. I would recommend the following. CFLAGS="-O -pipe -march=686" CXXFLAGS="-O -pipe -march=686 -fmemoize-lookups -fsave-memoized" Tom Veldhouse veldy at veldy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Wilson" <wilson at visi.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 11:56 PM Subject: Re: [TCLUG] Gentoo > On Thu, Jul 25, 2002 at 10:28:23PM -0500, Tracy McKibben wrote: > > > > After seeing it recommended here, I decided to give it a spin. Took a > > while to get it up and running completely, but now that it is, I'm happy > > as a clam. I love the ebuild system, and everything is so FAST compared > > to my Mandrake install. > > I've had fun with it too. Has anyone seen a nice summary of the sorts of > compiler optimizations that people are using with Gentoo? I'm not a C > hacker so I don't understand all the various gcc options. > > Right now I've got mine set as: > > Pentium Pro/Pentium II/Pentium III+/Pentium 4/Athlon exclusive > (binaries > # will use the P6 instruction set and only run on P6+ systems) > CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" > CFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" > CXXFLAGS="-march=i686 -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer" > > I think these are fairly conservative. > > -Tim > > -- > Tim Wilson | Visit Sibley online: | Check out: > Henry Sibley HS | http://www.isd197.org | http://www.zope.com > W. St. Paul, MN | | http://slashdot.org > wilson at visi.com | <dtml-var pithy_quote> | http://linux.com > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >