1. For compiling Atlas, both on Athlons and Pentia, GCC 2.95.x produces
*significantly* faster operation than either 3.0.x or 2.96.x
2. For IA64, the reverse is true: GCC 3.0.x produces significantly faster
code.
I can dig up the URL for the mailing list if anyone cares for the details.
-- M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, Chief Scientist, Borasky Research http://www.borasky-research.net http://www.aracnet.com/~znmeb mailto:znmeb@borasky-research.net mailto:znmeb@aracnet.comQ: How do you tell when a pineapple is ready to eat? A: It picks up its knife and fork.
> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Gábor Lénárt > Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 1:24 AM > To: Luigi Genoni > Cc: Linux Kernel > Subject: Re: 2 GB file limitation
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> > > I think you can get >2GB support if you've Gcc 3.0. Even with > the latest > > > > > ??? > > I am using it and I am using gcc 2.95.3 for normal things, > > and to compiled my kernel and my libc, because gcc > > 3.0.1 produces slower binaries on my Athlons (yes, with athlon > > optimizzations turned on), at less for my programs, and it is better to > > avoid it for glibc compilation because of back compatibility issues. > > Yes, gcc3 is (well at least NOW) a piece of shit. It produces BIGGER and > SLOWER binaries ... Checked on: Athlon, AMD K6-2. > With the same gcc command line ...
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