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andi_s
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 2:28 pm    Post subject: changing default stage3 CFLAGS fpu value (solved) Reply with quote

hi,

is it safe to change the default stage3 CFLAGS in make.conf from

Code:

CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=vfpv3-d16 -mfloat-abi=hard"


to

Code:

CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=hard"


as my board has the more powerfull neon FPU ???

And if this is safe, will this setting increase the overall performance of the system or should i stick with the current CFLAGS settings and should simply set the neon useflag in make.conf?


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 12, 2013 8:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

andi_s,

You can test this fairly safely.

Look through the /usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh script and make a not of the packages it builds.
quickpkg those packages, so you have binary tarballs. You can reinstall from these if the next stage goes wrong.

Edit your CFLAGS

Now run the /usr/portage/scripts/bootstrap.sh script.
You need to run the script with no breaks as I'm fairly sure it does not support resuming.

If this works, you have just done a stage1

If it fails,
Code:
emerge -K list of binary packages
should reinstall your old binaries.
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

hi,

now i recompiled the whole system with the new CFLAGS and no issues so far...

many thanks for the useful instructions!
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