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Re: build and install of egcs-1.0.3a


Joe Buck <jbuck@Synopsys.COM> writes:

> 
> The example you show is of two extremely small programs.  I believe
> the reason you are seeing a size increase is because there is more
> stuff in libgcc.a, which is statically linked.
> 
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> 
> Your data shows an approximate 20K size increase for both programs.
> I believe that this is a fixed cost, roughly (meaning it's not going
> to be significant for large programs) and that it comes from libgcc.a,
> though I'm not certain.
> 
> As for 39 sec vs 32 sec, we'd need to see more data, like the most
> significant datum of all: which bzip2 executable runs faster and by
> how much?  (I'm not expecting much for egcs at this stage, though
> improvements being worked on should be significant).
 
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Joe, 

agreed on all your points. The key question: is this sort
of information relevant to what you are doing, and/or
is there a standard sort of form that you would like to 
see it in.

This sort of thing is probably the only way I could contribute
to the egcs effort for the moment, and I'm happy to do it if
there is any benefit.

The size and time increases that I have seen are not critical
to what I am doing on this system, so I will carry on with
egcs regardless.

Regards,

Robley Hall


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