Re: The CPU directive and its meaning

Charles Crayne wrote:
> On Mon, 12 May 2008 21:55:41 -0700 (PDT)
> Peter Johnson <petertortall.net> wrote:
> 
>> I suspect most users simply do CPU P6 (or something
like that) and
>> then add feature flags.
> 
> I suspect that most users do not use the CPU
specification at all -- I
> know I don't.
> 

Very true indeed.  The main exception is for stuff where a
newer CPU 
allows for new encodings that one might have to disable,
like the longer 
conditional jumps.

	-hpa

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