Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:46:21 -0500 (EST) From: Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas! Message-ID: <15995.6061.438600.611581@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> In-Reply-To: <20030321053255.GA67634@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <20030317161219.GA1429@sunbay.com> <3E76CE0F.8FAA6AE3@mindspring.com> <20030318080132.GB10867@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200303181645.h2IGjcuG035185@vashon.polstra.com> <20030321053255.GA67634@dragon.nuxi.com>
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David O'Brien writes: > On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 08:45:38AM -0800, John Polstra wrote: > > In article <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>, > > Andrew Gallatin <gallatin@cs.duke.edu> wrote: > > > > > > FWIW, I think -mieee should be on by default. If anybody cared about > > > speed, they'd use the compaq compiler or a P4. > > > > I agree! The lack of -mieee has nailed me on several occasions. > > "Fast but broken" is a lousy default. > > I was already convensed when Drew said to change it, after you saying it > too I'm booting my alpha to start hacking. :-) While you're there, see if you can coerce gcc into not using fp registers willy-nilly ;) Drew To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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