On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 03:20:43PM -0400, Willie Wong wrote: > On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 08:19:00PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Is it possible to compile the complete system with the > > icc from the Intel C++ Compiler? > > afaik, no. Too many things rely on gcc-specific extensions. > BUT! if you add "icc" to your USEflags, portage will compile things > with icc whenever the compile is known not to break. (= >
scratch that. You also need to set the $CC yourself plus a lot of hocuspocus. Check http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_ICC_and_Portage&e=912 > > > > Are there any (performance) gains to be expected on a > > system using a Celeron M340 CPU? > > > > Most likely. I remember seeing benchmarks showing that gcc is > dead-slow compared to icc. But then again, other benchmarks can show > comparable performance. My only advice is to try it out if you really > want to know. > > W > > Thanks, > > > > Alexander Skwar > > -- > > BOFH Excuse #69: > > > > knot in cables caused data stream to become twisted and kinked > > -- > > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > -- > A fine is a tax for doing wrong. > A tax is a fine for doing well. > Sortir en Pantoufles: up 4 days, 2:41 > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- "The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair." - One of the laws of computers and programming revealed. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 4 days, 2:55 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
