Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-25 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 24 Sep 2009, at 20:12, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: Does FPC actually differentiate optimization between Core2 vs i7 vs Phenom etc? No. Or does it group those into something like optimization level 3 (just an example) It groups them using the -Opxxx/-Cpxxx parameters. Use fpc -i to see w

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-25 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 25 Sep 2009, at 09:26, Jonas Maebe wrote: Can I improve performance of the 64bit FPC compiler for my Quad Core processor? If so, what parameters do I pass to the make command? OPT="-Cppentiumm -Oppentiumm" Sorry, that's for a 32 bit compiler. For a 64 bit compiler, there are no special

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-25 Thread Jonas Maebe
On 24 Sep 2009, at 18:01, graemeg.lists wrote: How optimized is FPC itself when I do a 'make all' in the source directory? No optimization, memory optimized, speed optimized, all of the above, etc.. For speed. Can I improve performance of the 64bit FPC compiler for my Quad Core processor?

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-24 Thread Graeme Geldenhuys
2009/9/24 Reimar Grabowski : > > Sometimes you are just too funny, Graeme. :-) Does FPC actually differentiate optimization between Core2 vs i7 vs Phenom etc? Or does it group those into something like optimization level 3 (just an example) and detect currently used CPU itself (if not specified l

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-24 Thread Reimar Grabowski
On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 18:15:24 +0200 "graemeg.lists" wrote: > I don't know which "model" mine is. > model name : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPUQ9400 @ 2.66GHz Sometimes you are just too funny, Graeme. R. -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-24 Thread graemeg.lists
2009/9/24 Marco van de Voort : > > Which quad core? There are afaik at least four microarchitectures for x86_64 > that have quadcores. I7, Core2 (depending on your viewpoint if that counts > as a quadcore or a dual dualcore), Phenom and Phenom II. I don't know which "model" mine is. Here is partia

Re: [fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-24 Thread Marco van de Voort
In our previous episode, graemeg.lists said: > How optimized is FPC itself when I do a 'make all' in the source > directory? No optimization, memory optimized, speed optimized, all of > the above, etc.. > > Can I improve performance of the 64bit FPC compiler for my Quad Core > processor? If so, w

[fpc-pascal] Compiling FPC itself with optimization

2009-09-24 Thread graemeg.lists
Hi, How optimized is FPC itself when I do a 'make all' in the source directory? No optimization, memory optimized, speed optimized, all of the above, etc.. Can I improve performance of the 64bit FPC compiler for my Quad Core processor? If so, what parameters do I pass to the make command? Rega