# HG changeset patch # User diego # Date 1175606206 0 # Node ID 43b8a7c3595cc05e256a5b3068429250c572a0a8 # Parent dc3ff1498f69a43bc9565bf3abcecb1b58485ff8 Use "generic" optimization instead of 686 as default for runtime-cpudetection if available. It promises to deliver optimal performance on a collection of comtemporary CPUs. patch by Zuxy Meng, zuxy.meng gmail com diff -r dc3ff1498f69 -r 43b8a7c3595c configure --- a/configure Tue Apr 03 11:03:14 2007 +0000 +++ b/configure Tue Apr 03 13:16:46 2007 +0000 @@ -1767,10 +1767,10 @@ _optimizing="$proc" fi else # if test "$_runtime_cpudetection" = no - # i686 is probably the most common CPU - optimize for it - _mcpu="$cpuopt=i686" + _mcpu="$cpuopt=generic" # at least i486 required, for bswap instruction _march="-march=i486" + cc_check $_mcpu || _mcpu="$cpuopt=i686" cc_check $_mcpu || _mcpu="" cc_check $_march $_mcpu || _march="" fi @@ -1889,7 +1889,8 @@ else # if test "$_runtime_cpudetection" = no # x86-64 is an undocumented option, an intersection of k8 and nocona. _march="-march=x86-64" - _mcpu="$cpuopt=x86-64" + _mcpu="$cpuopt=generic" + cc_check $_mcpu || _mcpu="x86-64" cc_check $_mcpu || _mcpu="" cc_check $_march $_mcpu || _march="" fi