Re: [Freemint-discuss] CPU builds

[Thorsten O. <ad...@th...>]

On Freitag, 14. Juni 2024 15:31:12 CEST pslegg--- via Freemint-discuss wrote:
> There is probably a good reason.

Yes. The bootable aranym build is eg. compiled for 040, but it has also some 
aranym specific features built in (like the hostfs driver embedded into the 
kernel).

The other CPU builds are just for convenience. There might be a few 
performance differences. E.g. when compiling for 020-60, the compiler avoids 
32x32 multiplications and calls a library function instead, because that 
instruction has to be emulated by the ISP. But not so when you compile only 
for 020 or 030.

Dunno how big the differences are, but the CPU builds are just optimized for a 
specific CPU, and may perform bad (or not work at all) on a different CPU.