Hi,
I've been testing gcc-4.1 RC1 on x86-linux-gnu with SPEC CPU 2000.
There are two main reasons I did this:
a) gcc is used for research experimentation and many research folks rely
on SPECCPU2000
b) I, in particular, need SPEC CPU 2000 to work with profile driven
feedback.
I
I'm working on a series of profile-driven optimes with gcc-3.4.3.
I need profile information available for the PRE phase (implemented in
gcc with gcse.c and lcm.c).
However, gcc-3.4.3 does not provide profile information that early in the
compile, so I moved the call to `rest_of_handle_branch