Well here are the results:
time make
...
real 24m33.064s
user 20m34.237s
sys 0m54.558s
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : GenuineIntel
cpu family : 6
model : 9
model name : Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1500MHz
stepping : 5
cpu MHz : 598.152
cache size : 1024 KB
fdiv_bug : no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug : no
coma_bug : no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 2
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm pbe est tm2
bogomips : 1186.20
gcc --version
gcc (GCC) 3.3.5 20050117 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux)
@Thomas: Hope you find it usefull
@Der Meister: Thanks, I know they are, it would be a surprise if they remained for more than a couple of revisions with the feedback you/we provide
I was using thomas' patch against 1879 and I wanted him to know exactly the steps I took to make it compile.