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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!super.zippo.com!zdc!szdc!szdc-e!news From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Anyone compiled a kernel using pgcc? Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 12:24:57 -0500 Organization: John S. Dyson's home machine Lines: 13 Message-ID: <329F1C69.41C67EA6@freebsd.org> References: <3279FCFC.237C228A@systemics.com> <55esop$lj7@solaris.cc.vt.edu> <57m6i1$iua@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01 (X11; I; FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT i386) Wailer at the Gates of Dawn wrote: > > I compiled the netbsd 1.2 beta kernel with an older pgcc. While the > kernel worked just fine, there were no obvious improvements in > performance. > I do see an improvement on FreeBSD, but it requires fairly sensitive measurements. Also, it isn't really worth the risk at this point. I do use pgcc in userland regularly, and once in a while, run into problems, it appears to be getting much better. John dyson@freebsd.org