Cygwin vs Via C3: nothing happens, no output

[Scott Little]

> Where do you get that idea from that CMOV is optional? Yes, there's a
> CPUID feature bit representing CMOV, but that's always set on the
> i686, its descendants, and compatible processors. Pre-Nehemiah C3s are
> not fully 686-compatible, simple as that.

Old flamewars, eg.
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-gcc@lists.debian.org/msg04643.html

> Maybe so, but you can't then go out and demand that everyone else
> doesn't use those features.

True, but I can tell the noisier advocates claiming open source can save
my old hardware to STFU ;)

>> This just means my legacy app is stuck on a 60watt beigebox instead
> C3-Nehemiah? C7? Atom?

Requires purchase, I already own the C3.

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