francis@ircam.fr (Joseph Francis) (05/03/91)
I am using the i860 C compiler from Metaware in conjunction with the gcc front-end, and I have several questions I'd like to address to those who have used it before: 1. does the -sched instruction scheduling optimization actually work? The compiler invoked with the switch produces assembly code no different from that without the switch. 2. does the -O optimization really do much at all? 3. the compiler breaks with some floating-point code with -O switch. Is this a known bug, and is there a workaround? 4. running 'strings' on the compiler executable 'hc8602' indicates that there is an enormous volume of potentially interesting traces to watch during optimization. Can I access these? For Reference: Metaware High C Compiler R2.1f High C Programmer's Guide, Version 2.2 for Intel 80860 All help is appreciated; I will try to summarize if there is a good volume of mail -- ----- Joseph Francis