> Hi,
>
> > > 1.5.3
> >
> > OK. I think the gcc n 1.6 doesn't have this problem, but I don't
> > remember all the details.
>
> Indeed, with gcc 2.95 you can safely use march=pentiumpro. I have a dual
> pIII box here running 1.6_RC2 and everything was compiled with that
> option. Works like a charm. Older versions of gcc like the one used in
> 1.5.x have some bugs in the code generation part.
this is what i have
Using builtin specs.
gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314 (egcs-1.1.2 release)

and it MOSTLY worked. really few programs failed.
and -march=i586 works without any problems as i use that on my pentium