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I'm tempted to use the nice shiny gcc 4.1.1 to build a new kernel - is |
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this going to make much (or any) difference? |
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A more general form of the question: does 4.1.1 on amd64 produce faster |
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binaries, or produce binaries faster? |
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# r |
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Bob Slawson wrote: |
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> Dieter Ries wrote: |
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>> OK so there it is, gcc 4.1.1 is stable. |
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>> i just emerged it and switched gcc-config to 4.1.1. |
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>> does it make sense to recompile gcc 4.1.1 with gcc 4.1.1? |
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>> (do you know what i mean? |
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> No. As part of the gcc build process, the new gcc is used to compile |
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> itself. 'Stage 1' |
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> uses an existing compiler to compile the new source to 'xgcc'. Then in |
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> 'stage 2', |
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> 'xgcc' compiles the new source to 'gcc', the compiler is compiling itself. |
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> BobS |
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