Subject: Re: gcc-3.1.x question
To: Sung N. Cho <sucho2@vt.edu>
From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/21/2002 18:26:24
On 2002-06-20 15:39 +0000, Sung N. Cho wrote:
> I was wondering if NetBSD will be switching to gcc-3.1.x for it's
> compilers any soon. Does anyone know of the status? I believe
> FreeBSD camp have switched to gcc-3.1.x if I'm correct.
That's only been done in CURRENT, the experimental branch of FreeBSD.
> Also, if anyone is using gcc-3.1.x, are there significant
> performance improvements over binaries generated from gcc-2.95.x?
I seem to recall posts about a slowdown, rather than a performance
improvement, when compiling the FreeBSD kernel & userland with gcc3.
- Giorgos