# Build system
# ==========================================================================
-CPPFLAGS += -march=i386
+# Allow i486 insns (basically, bswap insn)
+# Do not try to tune for 486+ (might add padding)
+CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-march=i486 -mtune=i386,)
+
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_STACK_OPTIMIZATION_386),y)
+# -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 is essential in preventing gcc 4.2.x
+# from aligning stack to 16 bytes. (Which is gcc's way of supporting SSE).
+CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mpreferred-stack-boundary=2,)
+endif