AMD-optimized

[Colin Watson]

On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 06:55:58AM +0800, John wrote:
> Martin Pitt wrote:
> >It does not really make much sense to build optimized versions for all
> >other packages, then speed gain is negligible. All packages are built
> >using the i486 command set (missing opcodes are emulated on real i386)
> >and AFAIK optimized for 586 (regarding opcode ordering).
> 
> 586? I've read on many occasions that 586 optimisation is bad for later 
> processors. Optimising for 686 is more usual.

They're in fact optimised for Pentium 4.

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Colin Watson                                    [cjwatson at canonical.com]