Re: [PATCH] Isapnp warning

From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@digeo.com>,
	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>,
	cw@f00f.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	perex@suse.cz,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Isapnp warning
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2003 10:32:08 +0200 (MEST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0306221029110.869-100000@vervain.sonytel.be> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <16117.12138.153293.938793@nanango.paulus.ozlabs.org>

On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Andrew Morton writes:
> > Compared to 2.95.3, gcc-3.3 takes 1.5x as long to compile, and produces a
> > kernel which is 200k larger.
> 
> I just tried it on PPC.  Compared to 2.95.4, gcc-3.3 took 36% longer
> to compile and produced a kernel which was 120k smaller.

I have the same experience w.r.t. kernel size on MIPS, using 2.95.4 from Debian
woody on the target, and 3.2.2 for cross-compiling.

Perhaps the code increase is for CISC only?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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