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Date:      Sun, 9 Apr 2000 00:51:33 +0100
From:      David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To:        "Alexey N. Dokuchaev" <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What are the best gcc optimization options for Pentium 200 MMX
Message-ID:  <20000409005133.A86187@walton.maths.tcd.ie>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004082114170.23805-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>; from danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru on Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 09:25:16PM %2B0700
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004080851240.59286-100000@pawn.primelocation.net> <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004082114170.23805-100000@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>

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On Sat, Apr 08, 2000 at 09:25:16PM +0700, Alexey N. Dokuchaev wrote:

> I'm trying to achive maximum performance of my FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE box,
> and going to recompile kernel and world using -Os -pipe options.  Is there
> any additional flags I might consider turning on (like -mfast_math) to
> make both kernel and world work at the top performance I can achieve?

I thought there was no floating point code in the kernel, and so
-mfast-math wouldn't make any difference. I presume Linux doesn't
have any FPU code in the kernel either, to save having to save/restore
the registers on syscalls?

	David.


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