Note that previous implementation (--tune) wasn't consistent with regards to setting -march/-mcpu/-mtune whereas current --cpu now is
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Date: Oct 17, 2006 3:20 PM (patch) || Date: Oct 13, 2006 12:03 PM (suggestion of configure clean-up)
Subject: Re: [Ffmpeg-devel] [PATH] test if cpu supports CMOV

Originally committed as revision 6729 to svn://svn.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg/trunk