[Python-Dev] python2.3 on m68k-nommu uClinux, really slow

[Brad Clements]

I'm sorry if this is OT. I have just managed to get Python 2.3a running on an 8meg 
m68k-nommu 48MHZ (motorola uC5272 board).

It's a real dog, and I'm wondering two things:

1. anyone remember pystone values from old Sun 68K machines?  I've seen a report 
that a Psion 5 running 1.5.2 got 90 pystones (I get 72)

2. any ideas how I can speed this up?

OPT=-DNDEBUG -g -O0 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes   -m5307


Some snips from pyconfig.h:

#define WITH_DOC_STRINGS
#undef Py_DEBUG
#define WITH_PYMALLOC


I haven't enabled optimatization yet because I've had such a difficult time even getting 
this far, I didn't want to run into compiler errors.

It seems so slow, that test/testall doesn't even produce any output. At least, not after 2 
minutes.. Perhaps that's a buffering issue.

# ./python pystone.py
nulltime  0.04
Pystone(1.1) time for 600 passes = 8.27
This machine benchmarks at 72.5514 pystones/second



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