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From: Mark Hatle <fray@mvista•com>
To: joakim.tjernlund@lumentis•se
Cc: Tom Rini <trini@kernel•crashing.org>,
	LinuxPPC <linuxppc-embedded@lists•linuxppc.org>,
	alan@lxorguk•ukuu.org.uk
Subject: Re: ppc_8xx-gcc 2.95.3 Monta Vista does not do ANY loop unrolling
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 13:56:46 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3DD15CFE.9060602@mvista.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: IGEFJKJNHJDCBKALBJLLAEPBFHAA.joakim.tjernlund@lumentis.se


 From one of our compiler guys in relationship to your original question:

 > Later Alan Cox pointed out that my changes makes x86 run slower and it turns
 > out that on x86 and a fairly new gcc will automatically unroll loops 'where
 > appropriate'

Fairly new: 3.3-pre only.

Now I wonder:
 > Is this a gcc 2.95.3, PPC or Monta Vista limitation?

2.95.3.

 > Which compiler will do unrolling 'where appropriate' for 8xx PPC and
 > Where can I get a precompiled version?

Nowhere, nor is using it for your kernels necessarily a good idea if
you don't have compiler experience.

> I know Dan is handling the enet stuff, but since you both work

Dan no longer works for MontaVista.  (And has not for some time now.)

> for MV(don't you?) I figured you might know, being an insider and all :-)
>
> Maybe your tweak stuff could make use of forced unrolling?
>
>  Jocke


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  parent reply	other threads:[~2002-11-12 19:56 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-11-12  8:12 ELDK 2.0, glibc and kernel 2.4.20??? Steven Scholz
2002-11-12  9:40 ` ppc_8xx-gcc 2.95.3 Monta Vista does not do ANY loop unrolling Joakim Tjernlund
2002-11-12 15:22   ` Tom Rini
2002-11-12 16:09     ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-11-12 16:25       ` Tom Rini
2002-11-12 16:46         ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-11-12 18:40           ` Tom Rini
2002-11-12 21:30             ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-11-12 19:56           ` Mark Hatle [this message]
2002-11-12 21:33             ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-11-12 12:39 ` ELDK 2.0, glibc and kernel 2.4.20??? wolfgang.grandegger
2002-11-12 12:58   ` Steven Scholz
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-11-12  9:56 ppc_8xx-gcc 2.95.3 Monta Vista does not do ANY loop unrolling Jaap-Jan Boor
2002-11-12 10:42 ` Joakim Tjernlund
2002-11-12 10:49 Jaap-Jan Boor
2002-11-12 10:55 ` Joakim Tjernlund

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