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On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 13:59 +0200, Michael Weyershäuser wrote: |
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> Vladimir G. Ivanovic wrote: |
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> > Linus seems to use -ffast-math: |
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> > http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2001-07/msg02150.html. At least in 2001 he |
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> > did. |
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> Linus Torvalds wrote: |
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> > I used -ffast-math myself, when I worked on the quake3 port to Linux (it's |
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> > been five years, how time flies). |
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> So it was actually in 1996 and he did it *in a game*. That is, at least |
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> in my opinion, quite different from using it globally on the whole system... |
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You're right, it was in 1996. But judging from his comments, he is still |
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probably using -ffast-math. |
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Anyway, I've been using -ffast-math with gcc-4.1.0 and gcc-4.1.1. No |
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problems (except for busybox), and I've recompiled both system and |
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world. |
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--- Vladimir |
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Vladimir G. Ivanovic <vgivanovic@×××××××.net> |
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