[fpc-devel] What's the difference between -Cp and -Op?

[J. Gareth Moreton]

Aah, that's useful information, especially the lea/shl example. Thanks 
Jonas.

Ideally -Op shouldn't be set to an architecture that's older than the 
one for -Cp (i.e. optimising for a processor that's older than the 
minimum type it's guaranteed to run on), but is it possible to actually 
do so?

Gareth aka. Kit

On 07/09/2022 19:15, Jonas Maebe via fpc-devel wrote:
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> On 2022-09-07 16:34, J. Gareth Moreton via fpc-devel wrote:
>> So this one has eluded me a little bit... what's the exact difference
>> between the -Cp and -Op options?
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> -Cp: the code is only guaranteed to run on this cpu and usually also 
> later ones (the code generator/optimiser can use instruction that are 
> not available on earlier/other cpus). E.g.: use BMI2 instructions.
> -Op: the code is optimised for this cpu, but will still run on 
> earlier/later ones. E.g., use lea instead of shl on a particular cpu 
> because it's faster there, even if it's not the case on all of them.
> -Cf: use this instruction set to perform floating point calculations. 
> It is independently handled from the two previous settings, even if it 
> can indirectly also influence the minimum required CPU.
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> Jonas
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