Quoting Vincent (10.50@free.fr):
> has anybody any experience with the Intel C++ for Linux compiler ? I
> mean, using it both for compiling packages, and for kernel compiling.
> 
> According to some sources available on the net, the code seems to be 20
> to 30 % better on i386 machines... Could be worth trying ?
> 
> Vincent
> 
> PS : of course, I know this compiler is not portable ! :)

Yeah, and that's a big issue.
1) it's for linux
2) the license, afair, prevents its inclusion
3) it runs on 1 of the 500 some platforms that netbsd runs on ;)