GCC 3.2.1 Released

Szplug writes "GCC 3.2.1 has been released; many C++ bugs, & notably for x86 users, MMX code generation has been fixed. From the notice, ".. the number of bug fixes is quite large, so it is strongly recommended that users of earlier GCC 3.x releases upgrade to GCC 3.2.1."
Here are overview and detailed change notices. Download here [gnu mirror site]."

Comments

Kernel?

[fulldecent]

Would it be a viable consideration to recompile our kernels in light of this better MMX code generation? Better yet, is it generally a good idea to recompile our kernels whenever a bugfix release of GCC comes out?

Re:How about the Intel Compiler?

[Ed Avis]

Then you have to ask, if Intel has its own compiler, why do they not release it as free software? They must think that the money they make from compiler sales outweighs the increased sales of Intel processors from having a good free compiler for them. I can imagine this is true for IA-32 since code optimized for a P4 also runs well on an Athlon, so Intel wouldn't particularly be promoting their own chips (except for those choosing between say SPARC and i386 for their new supercomputer, and there aren't many of those).