Subject: Re: new sysctl: hw.cpu_isa
To: Simon Burge <simonb@wasabisystems.com>
From: Jared D. McNeill <jmcneill@invisible.yi.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 11/13/2000 11:36:25
On Tue, 14 Nov 2000, Simon Burge wrote:
> Hmm... I was thinking more along the lines of gcc cpu targets.
> Currently the list appears to be "i386", "i486", "i586", "pentium",
> "i686" and "pentiumpro". I assume that code generated for these
> cpu targets follows some common denominator, regardless of the
> CPUID feature mask? And whether or not AMD and Cyrix cpus map
> to this is another question again - which I have no idea of the
> answer...
FYI, pgcc (http://www.goof.com/pcg/ I think), has AMD and
Cyrix-specific targets.
Jared