Subject: Re: SunOS 4.1.3C Performance on Sparc CLASSIC (?)

From: [email-masked] (Casper H.S. Dik)
Date: 13 Oct 1993 09:15:09 GMT

[email-masked] (David Bilsby) writes:

>	The dhrystones program was if I remember right just compiled with gcc
>2.3.3 with -O2 or just -O. It was just the one IPX binary, ie. I did not
>recompile on the LX for either Sol 1 or Sol 2. Is it the case that LX microSPARC
>code can be optimized better if the compiler knows its a microSPARC and not an
>IPX (?) SPARC processor.????

gcc 2.3.3 understands the -mv8 option. This will give you the mul and div
etc instructions.

Casper