Better choice for UltraSPARC ...

[Alexandre Oliva]

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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