-xchip=c

Specify target processor for the optimizer.

SPARC: 77/90 x86:77

This option specifies timing properties by specifying the target processor.

Although this option can be used alone, it is part of the expansion of the -xtarget option; it is provided to allow overriding a -xchip value implied by the a specific -xtarget option.

Some effects of -xchip=c are:

• Instruction scheduling

• The way branches are compiled

• The instructions to use in cases where semantically equivalent alternatives are available

The following table lists the valid -xchip values:

Table 3-21 Valid -xchip Values 

	Value	Optimize for:
SPARC:	generic	good performance on most SPARC processors.
	old	pre-SuperSPARC(TM) processors.
	super	the SuperSPARC chip.
	super2	the SuperSPARC II chip.
	micro	the MicroSPARC(TM) chip.
	micro2	the MicroSPARC II chip.
	hyper	the HyperSPARC(TM) chip.
	hyper2	the HyperSPARC II chip.
	powerup	the Weitek(TM) PowerUp(TM) chip.
	ultra	the UltraSPARC(TM) chip.
	ultra2	the UltraSPARC II(TM) chip.
	ultra2i	the UltraSPARC IIi(TM) chip.
x86:	generic	good performance on most x86 processors
	386	Intel 386
	486	Intel 486
	pentium	Intel Pentium
	pentium_pro	Intel Pentium Pro