Subject: Re: time to fold GENERIC.MP into GENERIC?
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Erik E. Fair <fair@netbsd.org>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/29/2004 02:04:25
Also, now that gcc 3 seems to have better support for specific sparc
processor optimization (e.g. supersparc, hypersparc), the SUN4M
config can have examples in it like:
#makeoptions CPUFLAGS="-mcpu=supersparc -mtune=supersparc"
#makeoptions CPUFLAGS="-mcpu=hypersparc -mtune=hypersparc" # Ross CPU
#makeoptions CPUFLAGS="-mcpu=v8" # {micro,turbo}SPARC
So that the generated kernels are not only sun4m MMU specific, they
could also be better optimized for the particular processor a given
user's system might have.
Given how old these systems are, I think we should offer all the
assistance we can to the users so they can get all the performance
these systems are able to deliver.
Erik <fair@netbsd.org>