Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:16:28 -0400 From: Alexander Kabaev <kabaev@gmail.com> To: youshi10@u.washington.edu Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kudos to everyone who worked on the gcc-4.2 merge Message-ID: <20070604091628.51e9632a@kan.dnsalias.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0706031730150.8063@hymn03.u.washington.edu> References: <Pine.LNX.4.43.0706031730150.8063@hymn03.u.washington.edu>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 17:30:15 -0700 (PDT) youshi10@u.washington.edu wrote: > I just wanted to thank everyone who helped make the gcc 4.2 merge > possible -- I can see a noticeable performance increase (1.5x ~ 2.0x > load time decrease) in my server (P4 HTT with SMP). > > This will be one of the great changes that will put FreeBSD back on > the map closer to many Linux distros. > > Once gcc 4.2.1 gets in the tree, things will be much better, I'm > sure :). > > Thank you very much, and let me know if you need testing with gcc > 4.2.1 when it rolls around ;). > > -Garrett > Thanks, but I think kudos are addressed to wrong people. I very much doubt that GCC can be responsible for any, let alone dramatic, performance differences. Most likely you see effects of hard work done by SMP scalability guys. -- Alexander Kabaev [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGZBCsQ6z1jMm+XZYRAu72AJ0ZziiJtrgNIuXE6Zky/MSmuspfogCggU8r SRRnDaSpSq0NX2X01zOba+w= =DeRq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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