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From: Pandu Poluan <pandu@××××××.info>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A tale of computing thud and blunder
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:15:51
Message-Id: CAA2qdGUciwgwPuwjShdZkK2yaURwd2=YGL35K9b3pmvVV6GosQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] A tale of computing thud and blunder by Dale
1 On Dec 19, 2011 1:18 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
2 >
3 > Pandu Poluan wrote:
4 >>
5 >>
6 >> Kind of like what I always do when I switch from -march=nocona to
7 -march=native. (Usually I use -march=nocona to ensure seamless VM migration
8 on my XenServer-equipped boxen, but for some VMs, i.e., those requiring me
9 to wring out every last drop of performance, I go native.)
10 >>
11 >> That said, if you want to experience fully the "GCC Graphite"
12 optimizations, you'll also want to do emerge -ev ;-)
13 >>
14 >> Rgds,
15 >>
16 >
17 >
18 > Is Graphite worthwhile on a desktop system or is it better suited for
19 servers or both? I found this but still not sure what it is intended for:
20 >
21 > http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Graphite/4.5
22 >
23 > Are there any reasons to leave this be for a while? You know, bugs or
24 packages that don't work with it?
25 >
26
27 In my experience, I've never encountered any bugs due to graphite. And I've
28 "graphite-ed" 4 production servers, including 2 firewalls, 1 DNS server,
29 and 1 mail server.
30
31 Of course, YMMV.
32
33 Rgds,