in "configuring the compile options" of the gentoo install guide. I was confused about what to set -march to for the CFLAGS variable. arcoding to kinfocenter my processor is "Intel(R) Pentium 4 CPU 2.20GHZ". acording to make.conf.example # CPU types supported by gcc version: # (Higher versions include the targets from older ones, # those listed on the same line are equivalent.) ... ... # pentium4 Intel Pentium4 with MMX, SSE and SSE2. ... ... # prescott Intel Pentium4 with MMX, SSE, SSE2 and SSE3. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% so should i use some thing like: CFLAGS="-march=pentium4 -O2 -pipe" or CFLAGS="-march=prescott -O2 -pipe" I guess my question is what is the difference between pentium4 and prescott?