Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 15:30:41 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org> To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: Idar Tollefsen <Idar.Tollefsen@baerum.kommune.no>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, jhb@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Using GCC 3 for ports? Message-ID: <20020124233041.A62053A9A@overcee.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <20020124050322.A97610@dragon.nuxi.com>
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"David O'Brien" wrote: > On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 07:52:22PM +0100, Idar Tollefsen wrote: > > > > I might hold off until I see 3.1 appear in the port collection then. > > It is -- see the gcc-devel port. I guess I should get that renamed to > gcc31 so it is clear to people... I spoke with Richard Henderson yesterday at lunch and he strongly encouraged us to try out a top-of-tree gcc-3.1 and top-of-tree binutils. Apparently they have implemented support between gcc-3.1 and binutils for more efficient data layout and relocation types that can make a big difference at runtime. He specifically asked because they ran into a few corner cases that broke on the linux kernel and they'd like us to give it a whirl as well so that we can try and shake out any remaining problems before it hits release. We may need to add a few more (simple) relocation types to the alpha elf kld relocator if we dont implement them all yet. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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