Re: Re: Preparing openSUSE Power7 optimized build
Alexander Graf <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.suse.ppc |
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On 14.06.2013, at 13:21, Marcus Meissner wrote: > On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 10:59:02AM +0200, Alexander Graf wrote: >> >> >> Am 13.06.2013 um 10:52 schrieb Marcus Meissner <[email protected]>: >> >>> 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 I think for prototyping it should be enough to do the latter. Unfortunately IIUC RH is using a new triple arch, so we might eventually need to do the same to stay compatible. Alex -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]