pgcc-1.0.1 with and without haifa
Paul Koning
pkoning@xedia.com
Fri Jan 9 10:35:00 GMT 1998
>>>>> "Ronald" == Ronald Wahl <Ronald.Wahl@informatik.tu-chemnitz.de> writes:
Ronald> Hi, I just nbenched pgcc-1.0.1 with and without the haifa
Ronald> scheduler. I noticed that with the haifa scheduler I get
Ronald> faster integer but slower floating point code than without it
Ronald> ( on a K6 ). The following optimization(s) will increase
Ronald> fp-performance on a K6:
...
Ronald> * Replacing FDIV with FMUL where possible.
I think that is a win on just about every machine architecture ever
created, for integer as well as float. It may make sense as a general
optimization rule.
paul
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