Re: Re: Preparing openSUSE Power7 optimized build

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:59:02AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote:
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> Am 13.06.2013 um 10:52 schrieb Marcus Meissner <[email protected]>:
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> > On Thu, Jun 06, 2013 at 03:47:04PM +0200, Dinar Valeev wrote:
> >> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:50 PM, Andreas Schwab <[email protected]> wrote:
> >>> Dinar Valeev <[email protected]> writes:
> >>> 
> >>>> Well, the changes are only in compiler options. So it would be just
> >>>> another rpm subarchitecture.
> >>> 
> >>> Well, you have to fix every specfile that refers to ppc64.
> >> I understand that.
> > 
> > There surely are more low-key approaches.
> > 
> > We could build a second set of ppc64 packages with a different repo setting.
> > 
> > (So instead of "standard" repository with a "power7" repository.)
> > 
> > That said, is it worth the effort?
> 
> We won't know without trying and benchmarking the results, no? I'm sure IBM would love to help us out on the latter.

So, do we go the full ppc64p7 triple arch? Or just build a set of ppc64 RPMs opotimized
for Power7

Ciao, Marcus
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