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On Dec 19, 2011 1:18 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
>

In my experience, I've never encountered any bugs due to graphite. And I've
"graphite-ed" 4 production servers, including 2 firewalls, 1 DNS server,
and 1 mail server.

Of course, YMMV.

Rgds,

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<p><br>
On Dec 19, 2011 1:18 PM, &quot;Dale&quot; &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rdalek1967@=
gmail.com">rdalek1967@gmail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Pandu Poluan wrote:<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Kind of like what I always do when I switch from -march=3Dnocona t=
o -march=3Dnative. (Usually I use -march=3Dnocona to ensure seamless VM mig=
ration on my XenServer-equipped boxen, but for some VMs, i.e., those requir=
ing me to wring out every last drop of performance, I go native.)<br>

&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; That said, if you want to experience fully the &quot;GCC Graphite&=
quot; optimizations, you&#39;ll also want to do emerge -ev ;-)<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;&gt; Rgds,<br>
&gt;&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Is Graphite worthwhile on a desktop system or is it better suited for =
servers or both? =C2=A0I found this but still not sure what it is intended =
for:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; <a href=3D"http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/Graphite/4.5">http://gcc.gnu.org/wi=
ki/Graphite/4.5</a><br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Are there any reasons to leave this be for a while? =C2=A0You know, bu=
gs or packages that don&#39;t work with it?<br>
&gt;</p>
<p>In my experience, I&#39;ve never encountered any bugs due to graphite. A=
nd I&#39;ve &quot;graphite-ed&quot; 4 production servers, including 2 firew=
alls, 1 DNS server, and 1 mail server.</p>
<p>Of course, YMMV.</p>
<p>Rgds,<br>
</p>

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