Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-16 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 02:19:25AM +0100, Danny Pansters wrote: On Friday 16 March 2007 01:04:51 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Jorn Argelo wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: I know that this has been discussed a few

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-16 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 11:21:33PM +0100, Jorn Argelo wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: Dan, I know that this has been discussed a few times before, but IMO running a slightly stripped down kernel (i.e. custom, not GENERIC) actually proves to

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-16 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Mar 16, 2007, at 10:00 AM, Jerry McAllister wrote: On Fri, Mar 16, 2007 at 02:19:25AM +0100, Danny Pansters wrote: On Friday 16 March 2007 01:04:51 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: me, too. Of course it will speed up booting but then again how much time does one spend booting, compared to

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:19:49PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: On Thursday 15 March 2007 02:16, Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)?

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-15 Thread Jorn Argelo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: On Thursday 15 March 2007 02:16, Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? Think its 686 (but really, leaving 486 and

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-15 Thread Jeffrey Goldberg
On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Jorn Argelo wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: I know that this has been discussed a few times before, but IMO running a slightly stripped down kernel (i.e. custom, not GENERIC) actually proves to be helpful in

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-15 Thread Danny Pansters
On Friday 16 March 2007 01:04:51 Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:21 PM, Jorn Argelo wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: I know that this has been discussed a few times before, but IMO running a slightly stripped down kernel (i.e.

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-15 Thread Garrett Cooper
Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:19:49PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: On Thursday 15 March 2007 02:16, Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-15 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 08:25:43PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: Gary Kline wrote: On Wed, Mar 14, 2007 at 08:19:49PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: No problem. -funroll-loops might not buy you too much other than a few less instructions overall

Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-14 Thread Gary Kline
Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? Second, is it safe to do a buildworld with -O3? If there are stability concerns, I'll go with the default when I rebuild my 6.2

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-14 Thread Martin Tournoij
On Thu, March 15, 2007 02:16, Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? To check: dmesg | grep CPU Two examples (first one is a i686 and second one a i586) CPU: Intel Celeron (902.05-MHz

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-14 Thread Karol Kwiatkowski
Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? That depends on processor architecture rather than clock frequency. Have a look at dmesg output - for example, Intel Celeron 400Mhz is a 686

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-14 Thread Danny Pansters
On Thursday 15 March 2007 02:16, Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? Think its 686 (but really, leaving 486 and 586 in isn't going to slow down booting or anything!) I always

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-14 Thread youshi10
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: On Thursday 15 March 2007 02:16, Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? Think its 686 (but really, leaving 486 and 586 in isn't

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-14 Thread youshi10
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007, Danny Pansters wrote: On Thursday 15 March 2007 02:16, Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? Think its 686 (but really, leaving 486 and 586 in isn't

Re: Optimizationn questions?

2007-03-14 Thread Gary Kline
On Thu, Mar 15, 2007 at 02:47:42AM +0100, Karol Kwiatkowski wrote: Gary Kline wrote: Two quick one for kernel and/or compiler wizards: first, is a 400Mz processor considered a 586 (for my KERNELCONF file)? That depends on processor architecture rather than clock frequency. Have a