Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 18:59:28 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org> To: Tom Knienieder <tom@knienieder.com> Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alpha ISO is fantastic! Message-ID: <20000305185928.D15849@dragon.nuxi.com> In-Reply-To: <38C0CCE9.89862D97@knienieder.com>; from tom@knienieder.com on Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 09:44:25AM %2B0100 References: <212CC57E84B8D111AD780000F84AA049083C2C11@mroexc2.tay.dec.com> <20000303232726.A5993@yedi.iaf.nl> <14528.17265.955978.964252@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <38C0CCE9.89862D97@knienieder.com>
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On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 09:44:25AM +0100, Tom Knienieder wrote: > I noticed the same thing. For example mysql-3.23.11-alpha has > uptimes from serveral minutes on my 164lx under heavy load. > I changed the CFLAGS from -O3 and -O2 to -O0. It's up for > over 20 hours now. Some one *please* explain to me why they keep insisting on using something other than "-O"? How much do we need to document that anything above that can be dangerous on FreeBSD. I'm *seriously* tempted to remove -On (where "n" is a number) from the compiler. Have people actually benchmarked their apps and seen a difference in speed, or is it just the "Oh, I need the fastest baddest code I can get" syndrome? -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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