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Only if you go lowest common denominator
I run gentoo linux. It pulls down the source files and automatically compiles them. The advantage is that I can set the make.conf to use all the optimizations possible on my P4 cpu (mmx, sse2, etc). This gives me the fastest possible executing program. Of course, it won't run on an AMD, PIII, PII, PI, 486, or 386. And no, I don't want to be stuck with i386 binaries that don't use my CPU's features.

And as for drivers running on kernel 2.6 just like it ran on kernel 2.4, have you tried using a Win2K PPPOE driver on XP? There are some things that are not possible unless you're psychic, and write your driver to be compatable with the kernel of am OS that'll be released two years from now.
Posted by: Knorthern Knight   Posted on: 05/06/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Great to have the best and brightest working on the compiler.  DonnieBoy | 05/06/05
Another thing, we need binary compatibility accross distributions/kernels  DonnieBoy | 05/06/05
One would think that there would be a way ...  George Mitchell | 05/06/05
The problem is venders have to supply 10 or so drivers.  DonnieBoy | 05/06/05
And I'm telling you that the answer is a wrapper  George Mitchell | 05/07/05
Only if you go lowest common denominator  Knorthern Knight | 05/06/05
This is true but  hipparchus2000 | 05/07/05
Kind of like the idea behind NDISwrapper  Hugh Jass | 05/07/05
Let's put the REAL issues on the table  toomuchgreeatea@... | 05/07/05
Those are only issues for *YOU*...  figgle | 05/09/05
I'd rather have a slow driver than none at all...  figgle | 05/09/05
Binary compatibility...  Henry Miller | 05/07/05
This guy must be a newbie in Linux  toomuchgreeatea@... | 05/07/05
If you care about optimizations  balsover | 05/07/05
Improving Optimization in GCC.  mobrien_12@... | 05/07/05
No it is not a waste of time  balsover | 05/08/05
GCC can specialize . . .  CobraA1 | 05/08/05
GCC tries to specialize  balsover | 05/08/05
CobraA1, you just got spanked.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/08/05
What optimisations?  Richard Flude | 05/08/05
Interesting Linux win over Windows ...  George Mitchell | 05/07/05
More of a IBM over Dell story  balsover | 05/08/05

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