Hi,

Im trying to find how to compile software optimized for your processor (amd64), I saw something somewhere but can't find it again. Hopefully trying to get some speed gains in apache and mysql? I know how to compile the kernel to your processor, but this doesn't affect the software u compile after hey? Or is there a global setting u can put to compile everything after to your processor

Thanks

What Distribution?

When you compile software from source, the process usually begins with:
cd to directory containing source code.
./configure to configure (default).

Now, suppose instead you do this:
cd to directory containing source code.
./configure --help to get the configuration options. Study them carefully. There is usually an option you can specify on the command line to compile for a particular architecture (OS, CPU, target directory for libs, execs, etc).

Decide which options to use; write them out on a piece of paper, THEN enter the command ./configure <options> (as you have written them).

Then follow up with the remaining commands to finish the compilation.

comprookie2000: any disto

i think im looking for something specific to GCC

a flag, u can set something with CFLAGS
just found something on a gentoo site

CFLAGS="-march=athlon-xp -O3 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"

i think if u compile after that the code is more optimized to your processor (athlon-xp in this case)

Looks like gentoo is for yoo...

im using slackware tho, just wanna optimize my server programs like mysql to run a little faster

there is a p4 version of mysql that was compiled using icc or something that ran 20% faster (saw it on the site). thats what im looking for, but for any program

im using slackware tho, just wanna optimize my server programs like mysql to run a little faster

there is a p4 version of mysql that was compiled using icc or something that ran 20% faster (saw it on the site). thats what im looking for, but for any program