>>>>> "Efi" == Efi Gabriel <efigabriel@stripped> writes:
Efi> Hi there,
Efi> I downloaded the mySQL 3.22.22.tar.gz and was able to compile and use it
Efi> with Apache 1.3.6/PHP3 3.0.8 on my RedHat 6.0 Kernel 2.2.9. The CPU I am
Efi> using is a Pentium 166Mhz. However, I noticed that there is another source
Efi> which is mysql-3.22.22.pc-linux-gnu-i686.tar.gz. Can somebody kind enough to
Efi> explain to me the difference? As of now the system is running ok. I am only
Efi> wondering if I use the pc-linux-gnu-i686 distribution maybe it would
Efi> increase the performance of my system since it is Pentium CPU running linux
Efi> OS.
Efi> Thank you,
Efi> Efi
Hi!
We compile our binaries with gcc 2.9 from the Cygnus pro toolkit with
a lot of options to make these as fast as possible. You should got a
little more performance (5-15 %) if you use the MYSQL RPM or the above
binary distribution compared to a version you have compiled yourself.
Regards,
Monty