Re: firefox-41.0 build fails on netbsd-7/i386

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Fri, Sep 25, 2015 at 07:35:25AM +0900, Ryo ONODERA wrote:
> From: Greg Troxel <gdt%ir.bbn.com@localhost>, Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2015 17:03:14 -0400
> 
> > 
> > "John D. Baker" <jdbaker%mylinuxisp.com@localhost> writes:
> > 
> >> On Thu, 24 Sep 2015, Ryo ONODERA wrote:
> >>
> >>> I have not tested NetBSD/i386 yet.
> >>> It may be resolved by adding CFLAGS+=-march=i686.
> >>
> >> Adding this to my "mk.conf" file allowed it to build and it appears to
> >> work properly.
> > 
> > An interesting data point, but AFAIK we have not yet decided to throw
> > 586 systems overboard.
> 
> It is an example.
> -march=i486 is also acceptable.

64bit atomic ops require Pentium-class. I would be amazed if Firefox is
very usable on any pre-Pentium-class machine, if only for the memory
available on those...

Joerg