Re: New CRC algorithm: Slicing by 8

From: Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: mark(at)mark(dot)mielke(dot)cc, Gurjeet Singh <singh(dot)gurjeet(at)gmail(dot)com>, PGSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: New CRC algorithm: Slicing by 8
Date: 2006-10-23 06:01:41
Message-ID: 453C5AC5.9060504@paradise.net.nz
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Mark Kirkwood <markir(at)paradise(dot)net(dot)nz> writes:
>> Interesting that the slice-8 algorithm seems to work noticeably better
>> on FreeBSD than Linux -
>
> Are you running similar gcc versions on both? I realize I forgot to
> document what I was using:
>
> HPPA: gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)
> PPC: gcc version 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)
> both Intels: gcc version 4.1.1 20060525 (Red Hat 4.1.1-1)
>
> Interesting that it's only the oldest-line tech that's showing a win
> for me ...
>
>

Ah - good point, FreeBSD is using an older compiler:

FreeBSD: gcc (GCC) 3.4.6 [FreeBSD] 20060305
Linux: gcc (GCC) 4.1.1 (Gentoo 4.1.1)

Hmm - there is a FreeBSD port for 4.1.2, I might set that off to build
itself and see if compiling with it changes the results any....

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