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Pandu Poluan wrote:
>
> Kind of like what I always do when I switch from -march=nocona to 
> -march=native. (Usually I use -march=nocona to ensure seamless VM 
> migration on my XenServer-equipped boxen, but for some VMs, i.e., 
> those requiring me to wring out every last drop of performance, I go 
> native.)
>
> That said, if you want to experience fully the "GCC Graphite" 
> optimizations, you'll also want to do emerge -ev ;-)
>
> Rgds,
>


Is Graphite worthwhile on a desktop system or is it better suited for 
servers or both?  I found this but still not sure what it is intended for:

http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Graphite/4.5

Are there any reasons to leave this be for a while?  You know, bugs or 
packages that don't work with it?

Dale

:-)  :-)

-- 
I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!

Miss the compile output?  Hint:
EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"