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From: Michael Hancock <michaelh@cet.co.jp>
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On Sun, 7 Jul 1996, Joel Ray Holveck wrote:

> gcc 2.7.x allows you to specify alignment, and has superior
> optimizations to gcc 1.42.  Maybe nobody at BSDI has looked that
> closely at the idea?

I'm sure they have.  I hear that their kernel is compiling under gcc 2 and
the Lite2 merges are pretty much done.  All this will be available in the
next release.

mike hancock