From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Mar 18 8:45:49 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FFEB37B401 for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:45:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from wall.polstra.com (wall-gw.polstra.com [206.213.73.130]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6660543FAF for ; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:45:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id h2IGjcJL060853 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO); Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:45:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp@vashon.polstra.com) Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id h2IGjcuG035185; Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:45:38 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jdp) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:45:38 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200303181645.h2IGjcuG035185@vashon.polstra.com> To: alpha@freebsd.org From: John Polstra Cc: gallatin@cs.duke.edu Subject: Re: HEADS UP: Don't upgrade your Alphas! In-Reply-To: <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> References: <20030317161219.GA1429@sunbay.com> <3E76CE0F.8FAA6AE3@mindspring.com> <20030318080132.GB10867@HAL9000.homeunix.com> <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <15991.9122.826678.673067@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu>, Andrew Gallatin wrote: > > FWIW, I think -mieee should be on by default. If anybody cared about > speed, they'd use the compaq compiler or a P4. I agree! The lack of -mieee has nailed me on several occasions. "Fast but broken" is a lousy default. John -- John Polstra John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message