From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 9 10:39:07 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8389106566C for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:39:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein-listmail@stillbilde.net) Received: from mail.stillbilde.net (d80.iso100.no [81.175.61.195]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A37C08FC18 for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:39:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from svein-listmail@stillbilde.net) Received: from [192.168.4.8] (varnish.stillbilde.net [192.168.4.8]) (Authenticated sender: svein) by mail.stillbilde.net (Familien Skogens mail) with ESMTPSA id ABD1A3A for ; Fri, 9 Jan 2009 10:22:23 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <4967259C.9090408@stillbilde.net> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 11:23:24 +0100 From: "Svein Skogen (List Mail Account)" User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org References: <49668763.8020705@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <49671748.3030709@gmx.de> In-Reply-To: <49671748.3030709@gmx.de> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:27:52 +0000 Subject: Re: gcc 4.3: when will it become standard compiler? 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: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:39:08 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christoph Mallon wrote: > O. Hartmann schrieb: >> When will gcc 4.3 incorporated in FreeBSD 8 and become the standard >> compiler suite? We figured out that gcc 4.3 does have a speed gain in >> some numerical code of 3 - 8 % and I guess we can use this in the basic >> OS as well ... > > Number crunching has a totally different execution profile than basic > operating system services. Gains in one area cannot simply be > transferred to the other. Would it be possible, as a "workaround" to have "system-CC" and "ports-CC" defined in make.conf, making one CC the compiler for /usr/src and another for ports, or would this just create debugging nightmares? //Svein -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklnJZwACgkQtVbTV+BEzaPDQACgqOavzljEEcRFsI4tsQXxIuhr ZDMAoJwjZI26U0wEMtdbRgVWMvOkkBgY =NDwj -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----