Russ Allbery wrote: [... explanation of the tradeoffs snipped ...] > Note, btw, that for some algorithms, you might gain significant speed, > more than the PIC difference, by being able to compile for more capable > processors (enabling SSE2 can make a huge difference, for instance). > Shared libraries let you do that, by building multiple copies of the > shared library and installing them into the capability-based library > paths. OpenSSL does this.
Very nice writeup. I like the thought that it might be possible later to get some of the speed back from this change. Focusing on speeding up liblzma is a better strategy overall, since it would benefit other programs, too. Thanks again, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100224011744.ga16...@progeny.tock
