Re: P4 optimized Debian GNU/Linux?
Steve Kemp <skx@debian.org> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 03:30:14PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >
> > If you are intrested in using a locally compiled Debian maybe you are
> > willing to sponsor sourcerer.
>
> If not then I would be interested in testing and potentially
> sponsoring it.
>
> (This seems like an ideal way of producing a base system which
> had been compiled by the SSP compiler I've been toying with).
>
> > I have the setup running on my system successfully but the packaging
> > still needs work. Mainly automating the setup of the initial chroot
> > and providing a nice frontend to manage failed builds. And a nice,
> > configurable gcc/g++ wraper has to be written so people can specify
> > what kind of optimizations they would like.
>
> If it were me I'd just write a tiny g++/gcc shell script that
> does something like:
>
> #!/bin/sh
> /usr/bin/gcc.real `cat /etc/gcc/global.options` $*
>
> Then use diversions to install it over the relevent file - I've done
> this with success before.
>
> Steve
The thing is that some packages already set options. Esspecially "-O2"
should be pretty much in everywhere.
I want to compile with "-Os" by default for my router, memory
constrains are far more important that speed there. I can easily add
"-Os" with your approach but the later "-O2" would override the
setting.
This is just one example. Other would be packages that use different
code at runtime and thus compile for non-mmx, mxx, sse, .... Removing
or overriding -mcpu or -march options blindly would most likely break
the compile. And last there are some sources that intentionally use
"-O3" for the time consuming part of the code. I would prefer if thats
kept.
For me I would like a config file that says 'If no -O option is given
or -O2 then add/replace with -Os'. Other will want to add -mcpu or
-march options. I haven't yet found a good syntax and algorithm to
make that kind of option changing/replaing for the general case.
MfG
Goswin
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