Re: Question on BIGGEST_ALIGNMENT in GCC on NetBSD/m68k
On Thu, 12 Jun 2025, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> On Wed, 2025-06-11 at 20:16 -0700, Stefan Reinauer wrote:
> >
> > Fixing pthreads would probably go a long way. That's where we lost
> > about half of our performance.
>
> This may be accurate, but I'm again not sure how this is related to the
> discussion we're having.
>
It's related because such changes could impact all of the C libraries and
compiler toolchains that you wish to port. So it's an example of a burden
created by package archive growth.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2025/06/msg00048.html
It's also related because such an enhancement may involve an ABI break.
That's why I mentioned threading a week ago.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2025/06/msg00018.html
> Finn accuses me that I deliberately slow down Linux on m68k when all I
> do is continue to maintain vanilla Debian on m68k.
Citation needed. What I have said is, Debian is bloated (in part) because
of its dependency graph e.g. the cmake dep on Qt, which you defended.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-68k/2025/05/msg00038.html
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