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Re: [zahn@berlin.snafu.de] libc/1149: #ifdef __i686__ problematic to generate 686-dependent code

>>>>> Ulrich Drepper writes:

Ulrich> Philip Blundell <Philip.Blundell@pobox.com> writes:
>> I tend to feel that egcs shouldn't be defining __686__ in the -mpentiumpro 
>> case.  IMHO, the ideal would be to have egcs define __686__ iff 
>> -march=pentiumpro was given, and to either have glibc inspect the 
>> configuration name for optimization information, or (preferably) add another 
>> set of predefines to the compiler.

Ulrich> Yes, this is the only thing which makes sense.
I agree.

Anybody volunteering to discuss (or even implement) this with the egcs
folks?

Andreas
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