I recently read an article on gcc compiler options for sparc, and it included
some information on the instruction set differences between sparc v7 & v8. 
Following the included example, I rebuilt openssl from pkgsrc, and saw a 
significant increase in performance between the default, and by using -mcpu=v8.

However, I'm hesitant to rebuild NetBSD 2.0.2 from scratch on my ss5-110, I
think it might take a while. Are there specific binaries that would provide 
the most benefit if recompiled?


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