From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 306 invoked by alias); 20 Apr 2002 00:02:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact java-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: java-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 32735 invoked from network); 20 Apr 2002 00:02:30 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO gash2.peakpeak.com) (207.174.178.17) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 20 Apr 2002 00:02:30 -0000 Received: from creche.cygnus.com (ta0200.peakpeak.com [204.144.244.200]) by gash2.peakpeak.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA21540; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:02:27 -0600 Received: (from tromey@localhost) by creche.cygnus.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA04105; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 18:07:23 -0600 To: "Boehm, Hans" Cc: "'java@gcc.gnu.org'" Subject: Re: Gcj build instructions References: <40700B4C02ABD5119F000090278766443BF205@hplex1.hpl.hp.com> From: Tom Tromey Reply-To: tromey@redhat.com X-Attribution: Tom X-Zippy: I OWN six pink HIPPOS!! Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 17:10:00 -0000 In-Reply-To: "Boehm, Hans"'s message of "Fri, 19 Apr 2002 11:30:36 -0700" Message-ID: <873cxr44hw.fsf@creche.redhat.com> X-SW-Source: 2002-04/txt/msg00274.txt.bz2 >>>>> "Hans" == Boehm, Hans writes: Hans> Should the gcj build instructions also mention Hans> --enable-parallel-mark? Yes, definitely. Which instructions in particular? gcc/doc/install.texi? Are there otehrs? Hans> I haven't done a systematic study with gcj recently, but my Hans> impression is that it's a substantial win for multiprocessor Hans> servers, and a mild loss for uniprocessors. I believe it works Hans> reliably on at least X86 and IA64 Linux. I thought others had Hans> also used it on other platforms? If you can dig up the information I'll be happy to write the patch. Tom