Changing the default 32-bit x86 arch for Fedora 12

Jeremy Sanders jeremy at jeremysanders.net
Mon Jun 15 19:01:09 UTC 2009


Bill Nottingham wrote:

> - Faster and more consistent FP math by using SSE2 registers
> - Allows for autovectorization by GCC where necessary
> - More clearly delineates our support set of targets, sticking true
>   to forwards innovation, not necessarily legacy support

Why not leave it be and suggest people move to the less brain dead x86-64 
instead? Innovation and legacy support.

The slower x86 is, the more motivation there is to move to x86-64.

Jeremy

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