FC3 performance on non-P4 CPUs

[Dave Jones]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 06:23:17PM +0200, Pasha wrote:
 > Hi,
 > 
 > FC3 release notes states that it is optimized for P4 processors. How
 > does this affect earlier CPUs? Will I gain anything if I recompile
 > kernel and glibc for my processor (P3)?
 
Instructions are scheduled (ordered) optimally for P4, but no
P4 specific instructions are used. As such it'll run just fine
on < P4's.  Recompiling will gain you a tiny percentage speed
increase, but probably nothing noticable.

		Dave