Date: Thu, 26 Sep 1996 07:46:35 +0200 (MET DST) From: Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com> To: dyson@FreeBSD.org Cc: asami@FreeBSD.org, ports@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: pgcc port Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.95.960926074533.18932A-100000@klemm.gtn.com> In-Reply-To: <199609251615.LAA18681@dyson.iquest.net>
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On Wed, 25 Sep 1996, John Dyson wrote: > > > > > I believe John Dyson has been using P5-optimized gcc for quite a > > > while.... > > > > John, what do you think about integration some or all Pentium > > related patches into our main cc 2.7.2.1 ?! > > > The pgcc is experimental at best. Once in a while, I can build a kernel > that works. I really should give the pgcc guys some feedback, but my > job and FreeBSD take up ALL of my time... I would keep our standard cc > as stable as it can be -- if someone wants to run pgcc, let them do it > at their own risk by installing the port. Pgcc sig-11's quite often. I have > seen a few cases of incorrect code. Frankly, I think that it is in the > state of being a superub experiment (I kind-of like it, the pgcc people > are doing what the GCC people should have been doing), but I would not > trust the family jewels to it quite yet :-). Thanks for your feedback. So I think we let things as they are. -- andreas@klemm.gtn.com /\/\___ Wiechers & Partner Datentechnik GmbH Andreas Klemm ___/\/\/ Support Unix -- andreas.klemm@wup.de pgp p-key http://www-swiss.ai.mit.edu/~bal/pks-toplev.html >>> powered by <<< ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Printing/aps-491.tgz >>> FreeBSD <<<
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