Erik Zeek writes: | | You might check out: | http://gentoo-wiki.com/Safe_Cflags | | You could start your own page, and start collecting the data.
Augh! If only this was 'offical' and/or linked into the install docs. Oh well, color me 'too stupid to find this' :) | | > | > A while ago I was md5sum'ing some iso images and I noticed my G5 | > was _WAY_ slower than my G3 laptop and it was because Id dropped | > the mcpu=3DG5 setting from my G5 CFLAGS. I realise that md5sum'ing is a | > special case, but small changes can make a massive change. Actually, I recompiled our project here on my G5 with the -mcpu=G5 flag and got a *2 in performance, so Im thinking that ppc with no cpu flag doesnt use most of the cpu features ;) ;). cheers, cam -- / `Rev Dr' cam at darkqueen.org Roleplaying, virtual goth \ < http://darkqueen.org Poly, *nix, Python, C/C++, genetics, ATM > \ [+61 3] 9809 1523[h] skeptic, Evil GM(tm). Sysadmin for hire / ---------- Random Quote ---------- Any circuit design must contain at least one part which is obsolete, two parts which are unobtainable, and three parts which are still under development. -- gentoo-ppc-user@gentoo.org mailing list
