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[kpeiruza@xxxxxxxxxxx (Kenneth Peiruza)]

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> Hello,
> I just recently installed 6.2 on my machine.  I am currently running
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> the stock EIDE kernel as it came from the boxed CDs, and since it
> supports all the hardware that I care about for now, I see no
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> overwhelming reason to compile a new version, EXCEPT....  I am assuming
> that the stock kernel was compiled with 496 (or even 386?)
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> optimizations.  (similarly for the stock XFree86)  I was wondering if I
> will see any noticable performance improvement if I recompile the kernel
> and X with 586 optimizations turned on.

Sure it works faster, but sure it fails more too.

Try PGCC compiler, the best one in P/PII/PIII optimizations. You can easily
increase your performance in a 20%.
Or EGCS, but it doesnt's optimizes as PGCC...

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> Also, I see an Athlon machine somewhere in my future. 8)  Anyone heard
> of any effort underway to add Athlon specific optimizations to gcc?
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No idea :-(
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> Thanks
> Ray Maple
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