On 11 Oct 2002, [iso-8859-15] Fran�ois Pons wrote:

> The gain are low (0 to 5%, more on very specific code), but what could be
> possible is to insert specific common library or specific application with
> various architecture

We can build critical libraries and put them in */lib/i686. e.g. could be
intereting for OpenSSL stuff or whatever (Atlas?). Glibc is already aware
of that, likewise for sub hwcaps (mmx, xmm2, etc.).

Undoubtedly, it doesn't worth to build a whole system with subtarget
specific optimizations. Only vital libraries would see a benefit,
especially those that already provide hand asm-tuned code for example.

> DrakX can be modified to choose the right architecture package and use
> it instead

Not possible when I asked for 9.0. ;-) That's why I added */lib/i686
libraries in main glibc package. And imho, that creates even smaller
(sub)packages or one would have to really create target specific packages 
with only the right set of libraries?

Bye,
Gwenole.


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