Re: [MiNT] GCC define for detecting FPU

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 19:59:30 , Jo Even Skarstein <joska@online.no> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 17:10 +0000, Alan Hourihane wrote:
>
> > Maybe this is a good reason for those still using 2.95.3 to move up :-)
> >
> > I know people tell me 2.95.3 is faster at compiling, and generates
> > smaller code, oh well.
>
> I know you guys are cross-compiling on GHz PC's, but try using gcc 4.5.x
> on a 60Mhz 060. Perhaps the ACP is fast enough to run newer gcc at an
> acceptable speed, but as I haven't received my ACP yet (and MiNT doesn't
> even run on it so far) I will keep on using 2.95 when compiling MiNT.
> Which doesn't use a FPU anyway, so...
>
> Jo Even
>

I didn't do any timing tests but when I was compiling Highwire, gcc was
very slow with both versions so I chose gcc4 hoping that it would produce
better, more reliable code.

Peter