Gcj build instructions

Fri Apr 19 17:10:00 GMT 2002

>>>>> "Hans" == Boehm, Hans <hans_boehm@hp.com> writes:

Hans> Should the gcj build instructions also mention
Hans> --enable-parallel-mark?
Yes, definitely. Which instructions in particular?
gcc/doc/install.texi? Are there otehrs?
Hans> I haven't done a systematic study with gcj recently, but my
Hans> impression is that it's a substantial win for multiprocessor
Hans> servers, and a mild loss for uniprocessors. I believe it works
Hans> reliably on at least X86 and IA64 Linux. I thought others had
Hans> also used it on other platforms?
If you can dig up the information I'll be happy to write the patch.
Tom