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Re: [Fwd: GCC2C compiler/converter]
- From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
- To: "David S. Miller" <davem at redhat dot com>
- Cc: tej at melbpc dot org dot au, <gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 17:02:56 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [Fwd: GCC2C compiler/converter]
On Tue, 16 Jul 2002, David S. Miller wrote:
> From: Tim Josling <tej@melbpc.org.au>
> Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 06:01:17 +1000
>
> Alexey Starovoytov wrote:
> ...
> > Here is a brief description of GCC2C:
> ...
> > This converter will be very helpful to developers who use GCC but want
> > enhanced performance on UltraSPARC platforms, particularly the US-III.
> > GCC 3.x has no support for US3 prefetch cache or other US3 specific
> > features. The number of supported optimizations in GCC is significantly
> > lower than in Forte. This converter delivers the best from both.
>
> Not true, loop prefetch for Ultra-I/II/III exists even in the current
> 3.1 sources. The mainline even has an Ultra-III specific scheduler
> description.
It's also not true that the "number of supported optimizations in GCC is
significantly lower than in Forte".
But hey, why be accurate when you are trying to market your product?
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