Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 2 Jun 1996 09:59:48 -0400 (EDT) | From | Matthew Kramer <> | Subject | Re: i586 kernel optimizations? |
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On Sat, 1 Jun 1996, Alan Cox wrote:
> Building with the pentium gcc (the proper 2.7.2 one) is a big help looking at > its output. It doesnt quite generate correct code always yet according to the > docs so I've not booted this kernel ;)
I've been building my kernel with gcc 2.7.2p using -O6 and -mpentium since the mid 1.3.80's without a problem. I still don't see an exceptional performance jump, although my binaries tend to be a little smaller when I use it.
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