Re: different alpha cpu compatibility issues?

[Eric Ding <ericding applix com>]

>>>>> "Hoover, Tony" <hoover@sal.ksu.edu> writes:

> Some of the incompatibilities can be over come with PAL code, however
> relying on PAL code to do such things as  Byte/Word manipulations will slow
> the older machines to a crawl if you are doing much.  If you compile for the
> 21064 ( EV4 ) is "safest", however speed improvements could be noticed on
> newer processors if the application was optimized for that core.
 
OK, so here's the followup question -- how to compile specifically for EV4?

eric
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