MySQLdb compile error with AMD64

[keith at nekotaku.com]

Can anyone offer any assistance on this one?

Is it unsupported on AMD64 ? Nothing in the README points to that. I
thought it would default to 32bit if not supported under 64.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have been using MySQLdb on a 32-bit processor, no worries. Love it.
> 
> I went to install on an AMD64 running the 64-bit version of SUSE 10.0.
> 
> I get the following error during the "python setup.py build"
> 
> gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -O2 -fmessage-length=0 -Wall
> -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -fPIC -I/usr/include/mysql
> -I/usr/include/python2.4 -c _mysql.c -o
> build/temp.linux-x86_64-2.4/_mysql.o -I/usr/include/mysql -g
> -march=i586 -mcpu=i686 -fmessage-length=0
> `-mcpu=' is deprecated. Use `-mtune=' or '-march=' instead.
> _mysql.c:1: error: CPU you selected does not support x86-64 instruction
> set
> _mysql.c:1: error: CPU you selected does not support x86-64 instruction
> set
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1
> 
> Any ideas on what I have to do to make this work?
> 
> Any help appreciated!
> 
> Cheers
> Keith