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Date:      Thu, 14 Oct 1999 00:28:43 +0200
From:      Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr>
To:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: --enable-haifa
Message-ID:  <19991014002843.A64703@keltia.freenix.fr>
In-Reply-To: <199910130729.DAA05354@bellsouth.net>
References:  <199910130729.DAA05354@bellsouth.net>

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According to W Gerald Hicks:
> Just curious what effect using the --enable-haifa flag for building
> gcc-2.95.1/x86 would have so I did a comparison using the Dhrystone
> benchmark from /usr/ports/benchmarks/bytebench.

I think the Haifa scheduler is only really effective on pure RISC processors
like the Alpha or PA-8000. I remember doing some tests with older versions of
egcs and not seeing any significant changes...
-- 
Ollivier ROBERT -=- FreeBSD: The Power to Serve! -=- roberto@keltia.freenix.fr
FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 4.0-CURRENT #74: Thu Sep  9 00:20:51 CEST 1999



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