Steven Scholz wrote:
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> Hi there,
>
> I read that MontaVista released a 3.0 with gcc 3.2.
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> 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
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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
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