On Sat, Apr 16 2022, Kenneth R Westerback <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 02:23:04PM +0200, Jeremie Courreges-Anglas wrote:
>> 
>> Here's an update to the latest emacs version, very lightly tested so
>> far on amd64, test build running on sparc64.
>> 
>> Test reports welcome.
>
> So far so good on my amd64 E595.
>
> The only comment doom makes is
>
>   ! Emacs was not built with native compilation support
>     Users will see a substantial performance gain by building Emacs with 
> native
>     compilation support, availible in emacs 28+.You must install a prebuilt
>     Emacs binary with this included, or compile Emacs with the
>     --with-native-compilation option.
>
> Dunno if avoiding native compilation is deliberate on your part or not. :-)

Yeah I didn't look into it, it would require libgccjit from a recent-ish
lang/gcc port (op@ said lang/gcc/8 wasn't enough).  Timo Myyra has sent
a patch for lang/gcc:

  https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&s=gccjit

I haven't tried this yet and I don't know how much it can speed up
emacs, but it will require careful thinking.  People who want it, feel
free to beat me to it.  :)

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