Alexey Starovoytov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems everybody agreed that solaris 10+ can be changed to -mcpu=v9 default.
Indeed. > What are the thoughts about Solaris 7,8,9 ? > > They don't run on embedded sparcs and the legacy of sun4c, sun4m, sun4d > systems can now be found mostly on ebay alongside 8bit ISA video card. > Really, solaris gcc users of sun4c rarity can always configure gcc with > --with_cpu=v7 or v8. Most of the solaris gcc users are on ultra2 and 3 > and should see immediate benefit of better default. > I guess it's worth to sacrifice the convenience of the default install > for sun4c users, so the rest solaris gcc users can have better performance. Agreed for sun4c, but judging from the discussions on comp.unix.solaris and opensolaris.org, it seems there's a considerable user base with sun4m systems that (have to) stay at Solaris 8 and 9, so for their benefit one could think about going to an -mcpu=v8 default on Solaris 7-9. Rainer -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Rainer Orth, Faculty of Technology, Bielefeld University