> Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 18:51:59 -0800 (PST) > From: Alexey Starovoytov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, Joel Sherrill wrote:
> It seems everybody agreed that solaris 10+ can be changed to -mcpu=v9 default. > Great! > 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. A datapoint: Solaris 7 runs on sun4c systems. In fact, it is the *LAST* Solaris released with support for the sun4c architecture. > 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. > > Alex. David
