gcc build / test times on multi-core hosts?

[Joern RENNECKE]

Andrew Haley wrote:

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> > Is that using the i686 or amd64 instruction set?  If the latter, does it 
> > use 32 or 64 bit pointers?
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>The latter.  Yes.
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>
So which pointer size does the host compiler use, and which pointer size 
is used in
the gcc that is bootstrapped?

> 
>This RAM also has flashing LEDs to make it go faster.  (Something to do
>with photonics, I think.)
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>
:-)