it really hasn't been about the versions of the 21x64x processors, but rather
of HTML space on my ISP. ( now its also about bandwidth @ 250 mb/month xfer ) .
It just takes me about 36 min to do a complete compile ( .c & .java ), less if
i just redo the .o's.
such is life for me at the moment
gat
Bill Roman wrote:
> Uncle George wrote:
> >
> > it was compiled with egcs 1.1a, and -mcpu=21164a
> >
> >
> > Wes Nakamura wrote:
> >
> > > I've got an XL300, so it should be a 21164 (what's the difference
> > > between the 21164 and 21164a anyway?). Anyone get it running?
>
> As I posted to axp-list, "21164A" includes byte/word extensions. I don't
> know for a fact, but it would be reasonable to expect this to speed up
> a byte-code interpreter. These instructions are not supported in 21164
> (used in the XL 300) or any of the 21064 or 21066 variants (AS 200, UDB,
> Avanti, etc.).
>
> As yet another owner of an XL 300, I'll encourage you to also compile
> the JDK with -mcpu=21164. This should not hurt the 21064 machines, and
> will allow many of us who have the older systems to run it, albeit slowly.
