Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 23:37:22 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> To: garbanzo@hooked.net (Alex) Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pentium optimizations Message-ID: <199712170437.XAA01802@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971216185647.253C-100000@zippy.dyn.ml.org> from Alex at "Dec 16, 97 06:59:42 pm"
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Alex said: > > I've been lurking on the egcs list, and a few Linux/x86ites have been > tossing around various Pentium or K6 enhanced functions (strlen and memcpy > come to mind). I was wondering what the chance of this actually being > merged into the -current cc? I was hopin we could get some Pentium > optimizations without having to use the (as of now) fairly incompatable > egcs. Or maybe get some of the dynamic library gunk merged into egcs. > I also have been lurking, and frankly the EGCS compiler is a fantastic improvement. There is a LONG LONG way to go before the compiler will be ready for us (but considering the progress that they have been making, a "long long way" might mean a month or so :-)). I think that they are doing it "right", and moving aggressively. I have been making my own PPRO optimizations, and been tracking their work. I'll likely offer the stuff to them, if I see that my stuff is good enough. (I am NOT a compiler person, but have played with GCC internals since the 1.2X days.) We should do better to support the effort, and optionally offer the EGCS compiler as a port. My guess is that it won't be ready to be the 3.0-RELEASE default compiler. -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, and jdyson@nc.com | it irritates the pig.
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