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Re: gcc2 sources available via anoncvs (although bootstrap is somewhat quirky).
- To: scottc at net-community dot com (Scott Christley)
- Subject: Re: gcc2 sources available via anoncvs (although bootstrap is somewhat quirky).
- From: Joe Buck <jbuck at synopsys dot com>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 98 8:37:51 PDT
- Cc: hans-peter dot nilsson at axis dot com, gcc2 at cygnus dot com, egcs at cygnus dot com
> The word on the street is that -z9 takes up too much CPU for the gained
> compression, better to use around -z3 so you don't overload the CVS machine
> and deny service to users.
I've seen this contention, but I've never seen benchmarks, so I'm
skeptical. Has anyone actually measured the CPU time? Also, if network
bandwidth rather than CPU is the critical resource, then a lower
compression value would be more likely to limit service to users, as
once the network link is saturated the extra CPU would be wasted.