Re: cpu optimisation
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On Monday 21 October 2002 7:38 pm, Frank Van Damme wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Every now and then I compile kde packages which didn't make it in the kde3
> distribution (yet). I usually make debian packages out of them, which
> involves nothing more then configuring the thing and running dh_make and
> dpkg-buildpackage in the source dir; then installing the .deb package .
>
> But debian has a habit of compiling everything so that it still runs on a
> 386. Since I am only installing those packages on my own machine, I would
> like to know what to manipulate to make these packages optimised for my cpu
> (athlon).
>
> Thx!
>
david david% apt-cache show pentium-builder
Package: pentium-builder
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 44
Maintainer: Alex Pennace <alex@pennace.org>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.18
Depends: gcc | g++, perl
Filename: pool/main/p/pentium-builder/pentium-builder_0.18_all.deb
Size: 6894
MD5sum: df2e717efdf6c599929f1e0bb5dc511d
Description: force pentium optimized compilation
Replaces gcc, cc, and g++ with scripts that build pentium optimized code.
(Other processors can be optimized for as well.)
.
By default, after installing this package, the compilers will behave
normally. However, if the environment variable DEBIAN_BUILDARCH=pentium
is set, they will enter pentium optimized compile mode.
- --
David Pashley
david@davidpashley.com
Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione.
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