>> are the sparc binaries optimized for V8?  could you try using
>> -mv8 option?  this could have a major effect on the speed of
>> some of the operations (20-80%? or so.)
>>
> no -mv8 is deprected. You should use -mcpu=v8.

have to correct myself (from my readme):

'The -current builds for sparc from October 7th, 2005, are built with 
-O4, the SuperSPARC iso got an additional -mcpu=supersparc.'

> But I already used -mcpu=supersparc or -mcpu=hypersparc. This includes 
> all optimations for v8 and yes that speeds up
> ~5-30%, especially fpu code.

that felt much more when initiating ssh sessions from outside the 
machine... time to get it running again, to deliver some 'hard data' on 
this ;)

>> also, a "bzip -d" test would also be interesting.
>>
> yes i have done this, but the result reflects more the system speed.
> 
> 1x    BridgePoint    HyperSparc RT620D \w RT626    180    239.690sec  
> 1x    Ross           HyperSparc RT620B \w RT626    125    300.385sec
> 1x    Intel          Pentium P54CS                 150    303.563sec
> 1x    Sun            SuperSparc II \w SuperCache    75    355.637sec
> 1x    AMD            K5 Model 0                     75    414.695sec 
> 1x    Sun            SuperSparc \w SuperCache       60    442.014sec 
> 1x    Ross           HyperSparc RT620A \w RT625     55    499.926sec 
> 1x    Intel          Pentium P54C                   75    528.988sec
> 1x    HP             PA-7100                        50    591.680sec  
> 1x    AMD            Am5x86 X5                     133    681.740sec
> 1x    Ross           7C601 \w 7C605 & 7C602         40    911.759sec
> 1x    Intel          i486 DX4                      100    986.149sec
> 1x    Motorola       68040                          25   1600.517sec
> 
>> here's some more stuff on other archs (PowerPC, MIPS, x86, etc.), a 
>> whole thread:
>>
>> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-macppc/2005/03/12/0000.html 
> 
> nice! I own a Indigo² and a PowerMac 7600 too, very nice machines.

yip. i have a bunch of sgis here. not intending to start an off-port 
discussion, the MIPS machines /feel/ much faster than any (comparable, 
at least this is what the appropriate vendor's datasheet says) USII 
based machine, as my U2E. especially wrt Octane.

> You 
> also own one of the early RS6000, keep it, cool hardware.

well, yes, i like seeing progress on the port-prep and related ports. i 
like PowerPC ;)

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