Re: How to compile kernel for i686 instead of i386?

[Mayuresh <mayuresh%acm.org@localhost>]

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 10:36:56PM +0530, Mayuresh wrote:
> The `machine' command prints i386 on my machine, which is the architecture
> for which the kernel gets compiled, even though the processor is i686
> based.

 `cc -dumpmachine' on the other hand prints:

i486--netbsdelf


Wonder how these commands (machine/cc) decide the architecture and what
will it take for the entire system to treat i686 as the default.

Mayuresh