From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <3E3567A3.5010600@esteem.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:08:51 -0800 From: Conn Clark MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Steven Scholz Cc: May Ling List Subject: Re: gcc-3.2 and MPC8xx References: <3E34F6A0.2040209@imc-berlin.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Sender: owner-linuxppc-embedded@lists.linuxppc.org List-Id: Steven Scholz wrote: > > Hi there, > > I read that MontaVista released a 3.0 with gcc 3.2. > > Does it make sense to switch from 2.95.3/4 to gcc 3.2 for MPC8xx PowerPC? > > Are there any big advantages when building u-boot, kernel, drivers, > busybox and > multithreaded applications? > > Thanks a million, > > Steven > > > > > I don't know about using gcc 3.2 on PPC but on X86 its wonderful. 3.2.X (mabey even 3.1.x) has two features called profile-arcs and branch-probabilities that can boost speed quite a bit. Read the gcc man page on how to use these options. Good Luck Conn -- ***************************************************************** If you live at home long enough, your parents will move out. (Warning they may try to sell their house out from under you.) ***************************************************************** Conn Clark Engineering Stooge clark@esteem.com Electronic Systems Technology Inc. www.esteem.com ** Sent via the linuxppc-embedded mail list. See http://lists.linuxppc.org/