gcc-2.95.3 vs gcc-3.0.4

Justin Piszcz
2002-02-23T04:40:56Z

Wow, not sure if anyone here has done any benchmarks, but look at these
build times:
Kernel 2.4.17 did compile with 3.0.4, just much much slower than 2.95.3
however.

GCC 2.95.3
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 2628 bytes.
System is 899 kB
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/boot'
287.28user 23.99system 5:15.81elapsed 98%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata
0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (514864major+684661minor)pagefaults 0swaps

GCC 3.0.4
Boot sector 512 bytes.
Setup is 2628 bytes.
System is 962 kB
warning: kernel is too big for standalone boot from floppy
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.4.17/arch/i386/boot'
406.87user 28.38system 7:23.68elapsed 98%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata
0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (546562major+989237minor)pagefaults 0swaps