From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RcYNz-00045a-4E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:15:51 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B3B6921C0E8; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:15:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svr-us4.tirtonadi.com (svr-us4.tirtonadi.com [69.65.43.212]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 027E921C083 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:14:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com ([74.125.82.53]) by svr-us4.tirtonadi.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RcYMj-002C4Y-V1 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:14:34 +0700 Received: by wgbds1 with SMTP id ds1so9166177wgb.10 for ; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:14:29 -0800 (PST) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.227.207.206 with SMTP id fz14mr11353628wbb.7.1324282469073; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:14:29 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.103.70 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:14:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4EEED697.4030000@gmail.com> References: <20111217210709.GA1740@waltdnes.org> <20111218011054.GA2804@waltdnes.org> <20111218103449.GA21102@waltdnes.org> <20111219000522.GA22397@waltdnes.org> <4EEE82A5.2010909@gmail.com> <4EEED697.4030000@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 15:14:29 +0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] A tale of computing thud and blunder From: Pandu Poluan To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0015175d094c26c37404b46d8a88 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - svr-us4.tirtonadi.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - poluan.info X-Archives-Salt: 554fcfac-d9e0-4059-a941-066124bd106f X-Archives-Hash: bb5b8e577d0dca9fcbf41618f951d40f --0015175d094c26c37404b46d8a88 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Dec 19, 2011 1:18 PM, "Dale" 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, --0015175d094c26c37404b46d8a88 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Dec 19, 2011 1:18 PM, "Dale" <rdalek1967@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Pandu Poluan wrote:
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>> 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.)
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>> That said, if you want to experience fully the "GCC Graphite&= quot; optimizations, you'll also want to do emerge -ev ;-)
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>> Rgds,
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> 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:
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> http://gcc.gnu.org/wi= ki/Graphite/4.5
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> Are there any reasons to leave this be for a while? =C2=A0You know, bu= gs or packages that don't work with it?
>

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

Of course, YMMV.

Rgds,

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