On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 15:01:57 -0500
nate at refried.org (Nate Straz) wrote:

> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 04:15:55PM -0500, Josh Trutwin wrote:
> > Just curious, would -march=pentium4 be the best compiler flag for
> > gcc (3.x) for compiling on a Xeon based server?
> 
> It depends on which generation Xeon you're running.  IIRC, Xeons
> have been around since Pentium II.  Perhaps /proc/cpuinfo will give
> you a clue as to which -march to use.

They are somewhat recent (2 years or so)

model name      : Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz

Josh