From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 4 13:16:42 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC15F16A421 for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:16:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kabaev@gmail.com) Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com (wx-out-0506.google.com [66.249.82.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 856F513C4AE for ; Mon, 4 Jun 2007 13:16:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kabaev@gmail.com) Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id h28so1061586wxd for ; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:16:41 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; b=R/HSaF+alnwLqtnIzapCjDcGkylIByvUjIoCAIkmWL+1D4Z/UEp/VKntrqyv1oM+MymWs0f+izgGTnykID0kZNYYBpzTsfvafkKsJpyOjZ3urmDt3iXZ2zXY+4m5dHuCDWgmQAfy1tz/f0dbohKkop3yyHRQK8S8s/M8YWUI6Js= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type; b=tmGRy7IX8UDjptAHYphgGpLBFYaYLvboRjiLUR/61Wf0OOD4vnzwRCS2KEQbFb+cMwySeElCMupOENTvq5KlcxSu5D5qE4nEAzPEQCyrHv8D40TkAJW2mR5y6mVexbS6wX7PNYWnmgBHMgg2Ni45cYMQrZGs7BSX/8C8HFFGSC8= Received: by 10.70.57.2 with SMTP id f2mr7278519wxa.1180963001674; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:16:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kan.dnsalias.net ( [24.34.98.164]) by mx.google.com with ESMTP id i16sm259989wxd.2007.06.04.06.16.39; Mon, 04 Jun 2007 06:16:40 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 09:16:28 -0400 From: Alexander Kabaev To: youshi10@u.washington.edu Message-ID: <20070604091628.51e9632a@kan.dnsalias.net> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.12; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Sig_jHnVMaXiKrYo0gS+d_0otiz; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Kudos to everyone who worked on the gcc-4.2 merge X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:16:42 -0000 --Sig_jHnVMaXiKrYo0gS+d_0otiz Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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). >=20 > This will be one of the great changes that will put FreeBSD back on > the map closer to many Linux distros. >=20 > Once gcc 4.2.1 gets in the tree, things will be much better, I'm > sure :). >=20 > Thank you very much, and let me know if you need testing with gcc > 4.2.1 when it rolls around ;). >=20 > -Garrett >=20 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. =20 --=20 Alexander Kabaev --Sig_jHnVMaXiKrYo0gS+d_0otiz Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGZBCsQ6z1jMm+XZYRAu72AJ0ZziiJtrgNIuXE6Zky/MSmuspfogCggU8r SRRnDaSpSq0NX2X01zOba+w= =DeRq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_jHnVMaXiKrYo0gS+d_0otiz--