C++ Exception handling is too slow on iPAQ

[Philip Blundell]

On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Jaswinder Singh wrote:

> > > C++ Exception handling is taking so much time on iPAQ say more than 17
> times
> > > than in x86.
> > >
> > > Any idea , why is it taking soo long .
> >
> > Could you ask this on the linux-arm mailing list? I think Phil Blundell
> > will have an idea why. Be sure to tell which compiler(s) you are using
> > (use g++ -v to find out).

I suspect FPA emulation is screwing you up.  If you can, try building with
-msoft-float and see if that helps.  (So long as your test case doesn't
involve any actual floating point code, you shouldn't need to link against
additional libraries.)

p.