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Date:      Sat, 08 Apr 2000 10:07:42 -0500
From:      "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org>
To:        "Alexey N. Dokuchaev" <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What are the best gcc optimization options for Pentium 200 MMX
Message-ID:  <38EF4B3E.E5655F9F@asme.org>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004082114170.23805-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>

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FWIW, I understand that they carry pgcc (http://www.goof.com) which may
be very risky under Linux. Linus doesn't even recommend the latest gcc
because he likes to keep his kernel dependent on the old (non-standard)
features.

Look in the archives, I recall someone benchmarked the new gcc on this
list. the FAQ on goof.com is also interesting if you want to try out
pgcc on FreeBSD.

cheers,

     Pedro.

"Alexey N. Dokuchaev" wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> 
> AFAIK, Linux Mandrake has it's kernel and userland highly optimized for
> Pentium architecture.  However, they have additional gcc optimization
> flags turned on by default, including -O3 and -mfast_math.
> 
> I'm trying to achive maximum performance of my FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE box,
> and going to recompile kernel and world using -Os -pipe options.  Is there
> any additional flags I might consider turning on (like -mfast_math) to
> make both kernel and world work at the top performance I can achieve?
> 
> Of course, I could just man gcc and turn every option I find useful, but I
> don't have _that_ much experience with gcc as (I am sure) certain people
> on this maillist have.  So not to run into any problems in the future
> caused by my 'overoptimized' system, I would like to get deep and full
> answer here.  Thank you in advance.
> 
> System is: genuine intel Pentium 200 MMX proc, 64M memory, FreeBSD 4.0-R
> 
> P.S.  Please cc me directly, since I am not the member of this list.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
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