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Date:      Mon, 4 Jun 2001 08:42:27 -0700 (PDT)
From:      John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
To:        alpha@freebsd.org
Cc:        wkb@freebie.demon.nl
Subject:   Re: make.conf
Message-ID:  <200106041542.f54FgRY39531@vashon.polstra.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010604171102.A5198@freebie.demon.nl>
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In article <20010604171102.A5198@freebie.demon.nl>,
Wilko Bulte  <wkb@freebie.demon.nl> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 07:53:55AM -0700, David O'Brien -Alpha wrote:
> > You deal with "ev56" by setting CPUTYPE=ev56 in /etc/make.conf
> 
> David, how well does gcc 'react' as far as setting ev* CPU types goes?

I've been using ev56 on the Alpha forever, without any noticeable
problems.  It speeds up make world significantly.  I don't know
whether that's because the compiler has less work to do, or because it
was built better optimizatized for the available instruction set.

John
-- 
  John Polstra                                               jdp@polstra.com
  John D. Polstra & Co., Inc.                        Seattle, Washington USA
  "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence."  -- Chögyam Trungpa


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