Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2013 17:42:42 -0800 From: Steve Kargl <sgk@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> To: freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: how long to keep support for gcc on x86? Message-ID: <20130113014242.GA61609@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <20130112233147.GK1410@funkthat.com> References: <20130112233147.GK1410@funkthat.com>
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On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 03:31:47PM -0800, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > So, now that -current x86 is defaulting to clang, how much longer do we > need to support gcc on platforms that default to clang? IMHO, gcc should be available until after 10.0 is branched. > I'm asking because clang support AES-NI, but gcc does not... The last and only time I had for testing clang's handling of floating point revealed that clang had a few bugs and performance issues. -- Steve
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