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Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!lll-winken.llnl.gov!hookup!news.sprintlink.net!psgrain!news.hklink.net!news.infolink.net!news.station.net!server.station.net!clarence From: clarence@station.net (Clarence Chu) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: pentium-unknown-x86unix for gcc-2.7.x Date: 31 Jul 1995 08:57:20 GMT Organization: Hong Kong Internet Station Lines: 15 Message-ID: <3vi5tg$2uq@server.station.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: server.station.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] hi there, there was pentium-optimised gcc for up to 2.5.8, (archie gcc-i2.5.8p.tar.gz) while the original gcc-i2.4.0p.tar.gz still lie on aurora.intel.com, i wish to learned that there are some folks who wish to build such a beast for freebsd/solaris. the last evidence of performance improvement was a 166K dhrystones/s with "-O4 -mpentium" of the i2.5.8p over 125K dhrystones/s with "-O4 -m486" of the stock 2.7.0 on the same machine. though the i2.5.8p generated code cause gdb-4.14 to dump core. i'm dreaming of the p5-optimised gcc for to generate the whole FreeBSD as well as X, etc. definitely looking for help to make such a compiler. clarence@cyber.net.hk