Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:43:24 +0200 From: Attila Nagy <bra@fsn.hu> To: c0ldbyte <c0ldbyte@myrealbox.com> Cc: gerarra@tin.it Subject: Re: 5-STABLE kernel build with icc broken Message-ID: <42471AEC.1030602@fsn.hu> In-Reply-To: <20050327142324.D15693@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net> References: <420008450006DC4F@ims3a.cp.tin.it> <20050327142324.D15693@eleanor.us1.wmi.uvac.net>
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c0ldbyte wrote: > If any, still produces not all that much of a difference of code between > the newer gcc34 and as much performance differance as your going to get > isnt going to even be noticeable in the long run. Your just setting your > self up for failure with something that isnt really going to give you > the desired effects. You don't have to use it, but it is good if you *can*. I guess besides that having a cleaner code base which compiles not only with exactly one compiler it is always good to have the ability to try something else out. BTW, on my humble Pentium II server I noticed significant speedups, compared to the system compiler. But that's purely empirical. -- Attila Nagy e-mail: Attila.Nagy@fsn.hu Free Software Network (FSN.HU) phone @work: +361 371 3536 ISOs: http://www.fsn.hu/?f=download cell.: +3630 306 6758
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