On Mon, Apr 04, 2011 at 10:46:29AM +0200, Søren Gjesse wrote: > The Crankshaft optimizing compiler requires VFPv3. Without VFPv3 the > non-optimizing will be used for all code. V8 cannot make use of NEON.
Why v8 cannot make use of NEON? Because of an specific reason? vmjl > > Regards, > Søren > > On Sat, Apr 2, 2011 at 08:40, Arun M <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > Is Crankshaft optimizing compiler enabled for ARMv7-A + NEON devices > > which does not have VFPv3 FPU? > > > > Thanks & Regards > > Arun > > > > > > On Mar 9, 6:02 pm, Søren Gjesse <[email protected]> wrote: > > > For ARM crankshaft is now the default. This change is in the repository > > > starting from V8 version 3.2. To use the previous optimizing compiler > > > --nocrankshaft will have to be used. When crankshaft for ARM has been > > fully > > > stabilized the previous optimizing compiler will be removed from the > > > repository and running with --nocrankshaft will no longer be possible. > > There > > > is no specific date to when this will happen but most likely it will be > > > within a month or two. The removal of the previous optimizing compiler > > will > > > happen for all supported platforms simultaneously, > > > > > > The previous optimizing compiler can of cause still be found in previous > > > versions of V8. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Søren > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 20:05, Hugo Vincent <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > How much slower is full-compiler than nocrankshaft on ARM926ej-s - > > > > anyone have any benchmarks? I'm hesitant to invest time in using V8 > > > > for my project if it's going to get substantially slower soon. Is > > > > there any estimated time frame for when nocrankshaft will be > > > > deprecated? > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Hugo > > > > > > > On Feb 23, 9:14 pm, Søren Gjesse <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just a follow-up note regarding the new optimizing compiler > > (crankshaft). > > > > > This will be enabled by default for ARM quite soon, and the existing > > > > > optimizing compiler will be removed at some point. For non ARMv7+VFP > > > > devices > > > > > this means that the base JIT (non-optimizing/full-compiler) will be > > used. > > > > To > > > > > measure the different compilers on a ARMv7+VFP device use following > > > > options: > > > > > > > > --nocrankshaft (current optimizing JIT - the current default) > > > > > --crankshaft (new optimizing JIT - the soon to be default) > > > > > --always-full-compiler (base/non-optimizing compiler) > > > > > > > > Going forward using --crankshaft on a non ARMv7+VFP device will have > > no > > > > > effect and execution will fallback to --always-full-compiler. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > Søren > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 18:33, Rodolph Perfetta > > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > V8 can run on ARMv4 devices (non T though). > > > > > > > > > There is no interpreter in V8 so you will be using the JIT every > > time, > > > > > > perfromance should be good (keep in mind CPU like 926-ej-s do not > > have > > > > L2 > > > > > > cache and this is going to have a visible impact). There is a new > > JIT > > > > > > infrastructure being developed (crankshaft) which features an > > > > optimising JIT > > > > > > and this will only be for ARMv7+VFP devices. > > > > > > > > > HTH, > > > > > > Rodolph. > > > > > > > > > On 23 February 2011 17:12, Hugo Vincent <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > >> Hi, > > > > > > > > >> I can't find in the documentation which ARM architecture types V8 > > > > > >> supports. Does it support older ARM9 devices (I'm specifically > > > > > >> interested in an ARMv5te architecture, ARM926ej-s device) or only > > > > > >> newer ARMv7 (Cortex-A8 etc)? I can see that it is (supposed to) > > build > > > > > >> on ARMv5te, but do all the JIT features work or is it running in a > > > > > >> byte code interpreter fallback or something? Can I expect good > > > > > >> performance? > > > > > > > > >> Thanks, > > > > > >> Hugo > > > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > >> v8-users mailing list > > > > > >> [email protected] > > > > > >>http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > v8-users mailing list > > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > > > > > > > -- > > > > v8-users mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > >http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > > > > -- > > v8-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users > > -- v8-users mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/v8-users
