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Subject: Re: Why do some net drivers require __OPTIMIZE__?
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Alex Bennee <alex@braddahead.com>
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> Does anybody know the history behind those lines? Do they serve any
> purpose now or in the past? Should I be nervous about compiling the
> kernel at a *lower* than normal optimization level? After all
> optimizations are generally processor specific and shouldn't affect the
> meaning of the C.

Some of our inline and asm blocks assume things like optimisation. Killing
that check and adding -finline-functions ought to be enough to get what
you expect.

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