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Re: GCC 4.1: Buildable on GHz machines only?
>Not that I'm really complaining: you can get quite a lot of mileage
>out of multiple CPUs as it is, more than enough (in my opinion) to
>justify purchasing some nice build servers by software shops that do a
>lot of GCC work. (I won't post the actual bootstrap times out of fear
>of being lynched.) This might show up more as people start moving
>towards dual-core and/or multiple CPU systems even on the low end.
<minor-rant>
That's great if the software can be cross-built. As it is,
cross-building a toolchain requires a lot of extra work, and if it
weren't for Dan Kegel's commitment, I'd dare say near impossible.
I've watched the sometimes near-indifference to the problems we have
trying to put together toolchains for non-hosted environments.
Even when I have a cross-toolchain, its still a *long* uphill battle
since there are too many OSS packages out there that can't
cross-configure/compile (openssh, perl as examples off the top of my
head) without a *lot* of work.
Its just that it takes a lot of time and work to cross-build a non-x86
linux environment to verify any changes in the toolchain.
And comments like "get a faster machine" are a non-starter.
</minor-rant>
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Peter Barada
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