On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 08:19:00PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Hi! > > Is it possible to compile the complete system with the > icc from the Intel C++ Compiler?
afaik, no. Too many things rely on gcc-specific extensions. BUT! if you add "icc" to your USEflags, portage will compile things with icc whenever the compile is known not to break. (= > > Are there any (performance) gains to be expected on a > system using a Celeron M340 CPU? > Most likely. I remember seeing benchmarks showing that gcc is dead-slow compared to icc. But then again, other benchmarks can show comparable performance. My only advice is to try it out if you really want to know. W > Thanks, > > Alexander Skwar > -- > BOFH Excuse #69: > > knot in cables caused data stream to become twisted and kinked > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 4 days, 2:41 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
