CPUTYPE=p2 on a p3

[Kris Kennaway]

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:20:42AM +0200, Ronald Klop wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I've a mix of p2 and p3 cpu's, but I only want to compile world ones. In  
> the past I had problems with running a world optimized with CPUTYPE=p2 on  
> a p3. Is this a known issue? Are the i386, i486, p1, p2, p3 and p4  
> backwards compatible in respect to this?
> I understand that optimizing for p2 isn't optimal for the p3, but the code  
> should just run isn't it?

It should work - are you sure you didn't accidentally do the opposite
(which won't)?

Kris
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