Donncha O Caoimh writes:
> I'm compiling Apache using GCC 2.95.2 and just wondering if anyone can
> point me at a page listing some of the compiler optimizations I can use
> with that version of the compiler.
> Oh, and to make this off-topic, I'm compiling it on Solaris 2.6, but I
> will be doing same with Linux at some stage too.
http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc_toc.htmlhttp://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc_2.html#SEC11http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc_2.html#SEC21http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc_2.html#SEC33
The operating system and version doesn't matter, but the cpu.
I rarely use anything but -O2. Anything else shouldn't make
a significant difference.
# SSL_BASE=../openssl-0.9.5a EAPI_MM=../mm-1.1.2 OPTIM="-O2" ./configure ...
On x86, OTOH, it may make sense to use the appropriate -mcpu option.
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