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Why is the Genesis so slow? I've used Linux on other m68k "workstations" and it seemed ok.
by pram 3mo ago
Why is the Genesis so slow? I've used Linux on other m68k "workstations" and it seemed ok.
- nommuenjoyer 3mo agoThe 68000 isn't very fast to start with and: To get the code to fit into memory the kernel is compiled with -Os and GCC makes some poor inlining choices (keeping a call to a function that writes a value to an address in a register instead of just writing to the register, ~5 instructions vs 1), the Mega Drive only has vblank for interrupts, and so on.