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diff --git a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi index 71c69255210..bf1fe7cf87c 100644 --- a/gcc/doc/invoke.texi +++ b/gcc/doc/invoke.texi @@ -9176,6 +9176,13 @@ indicates the instruction set the compiler can use, and there is no generic instruction set applicable to all processors. In contrast, @option{-mtune} indicates the processor (or, in this case, collection of processors) for which the code is optimized. +@item native +This selects the CPU to tune for at compilation time by determining +the processor type of the compiling machine. Using @option{-mtune=native} +will produce code optimized for the local machine under the constraints +of the selected instruction set. Using @option{-march=native} will +enable all instruction subsets supported by the local machine (hence +the result might not run on different machines). @item i386 Original Intel's i386 CPU@. @item i486 |