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Re: FYI: -march/-mcpu patch for mips
>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.
p.
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