From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E0lL8-00080r-S4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 19:25:15 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j74JNfeW019416; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:23:42 GMT Received: from Princeton.EDU (postoffice01.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j74JK4Ek012821 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 19:20:04 GMT Received: from smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.65]) by Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j74JKlNN019167 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:20:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: from sep.dynalias.net (fez.Princeton.EDU [128.112.129.190]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtpserver1.Princeton.EDU (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id j74JKjZP007728 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NOT) for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:20:47 -0400 (EDT) Received: by sep.dynalias.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 7305E5DB60C; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:20:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:20:43 -0400 From: Willie Wong To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Using Intel's icc to compile the whole system? Message-ID: <20050804192043.GA11253@princeton.edu> Mail-Followup-To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <42F25C14.7010806@mid.email-server.info> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <42F25C14.7010806@mid.email-server.info> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.8i X-Archives-Salt: be8aa9f1-68f6-4179-bfe2-f5bde356d69d X-Archives-Hash: 6907c4ac97233f66f557df7cf53ff1bc On Thu, Aug 04, 2005 at 08:19:00PM +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Hi! > > Is it possible to compile the complete system with the > icc from the Intel C++ Compiler? afaik, no. Too many things rely on gcc-specific extensions. BUT! if you add "icc" to your USEflags, portage will compile things with icc whenever the compile is known not to break. (= > > Are there any (performance) gains to be expected on a > system using a Celeron M340 CPU? > Most likely. I remember seeing benchmarks showing that gcc is dead-slow compared to icc. But then again, other benchmarks can show comparable performance. My only advice is to try it out if you really want to know. W > Thanks, > > Alexander Skwar > -- > BOFH Excuse #69: > > knot in cables caused data stream to become twisted and kinked > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list -- A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well. Sortir en Pantoufles: up 4 days, 2:41 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list