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Re: Better choice for UltraSPARC ...
- To: Davide Libenzi <davidel at xmail dot virusscreen dot com>
- Subject: Re: Better choice for UltraSPARC ...
- From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva at redhat dot com>
- Date: 22 Nov 2000 15:55:44 -0200
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Organization: GCC Team, Red Hat
- References: <00112122241303.12805@ewok.ds.mycio.com>
On Nov 22, 2000, Davide Libenzi <davidel@xmail.virusscreen.com> wrote:
> What is the better choice for UltraSPARC machines ( Ultra 5 ) ?
> 2.95.2 or the latest snapshot ?
GCC 2.95.2 works, but it doesn't support UltraSPARC-specific
instructions. There are flags to enable them, but, if you use them,
you'll get broken code, so, don't use them.
The latest snapshot does support UltraSPARC, but it's just a
development snapshot and, as such, can't be relied upon.
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