Re: different alpha cpu compatibility issues?

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David Huggins-Daines wrote:
> Eric Ding <ericding@applix.com> writes:
> 
> > OK, so here's the followup question -- how to compile specifically for EV4?
> 
> To quote the info file:

[...]
> To be sure, compile with -mcpu=ev4 or -mcpu=ev5.  You probably want
> -mcpu=ev5, because the only difference is the instruction scheduling,
> and EV5 scheduling is better for the majority of machines out there
> these days.

Another option is to try the Digit^H^H Compaq CCC compiler,
it's available at http://www.compaq.com/linux/

With Compaq's ccc you can specify -fast -arch generic to 
make sure that the result will run on any Alpha machine.

Regards,
Antoine