(override_options) Make the default alignment 4 for 486

From-SVN: r13739

diff --git a/gcc/config/i386/i386.c b/gcc/config/i386/i386.c
index ff48a3d7a4fb2519db854120160275f4e812dc22..93480fc8dd09ce25cc0d98c33461abaead152fba 100644 (file)
--- a/gcc/config/i386/i386.c
+++ b/gcc/config/i386/i386.c
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ override_options ()
        fatal ("-mregparm=%d is not between 0 and %d", i386_regparm, REGPARM_MAX);
     }
 
-  def_align = (TARGET_386) ? 2 : 4;
+  /* The 486 suffers more from non-aligned cache line fills, and the larger code
+     size results in a larger cache foot-print and more misses.  The 486 has a
+     16 byte cache line, pentium and pentiumpro have a 32 byte cache line */
+  def_align = (TARGET_486) ? 4 : 2;
 
   /* Validate -malign-loops= value, or provide default */
   if (i386_align_loops_string)