Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261499AbUJaEp5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:45:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261500AbUJaEp5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:45:57 -0400 Received: from pop-7.dnv.wideopenwest.com ([64.233.207.25]:60832 "EHLO pop-7.dnv.wideopenwest.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261499AbUJaEpu (ORCPT ); Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:45:50 -0400 Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:45:49 -0400 From: Paul To: Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [OT] Re: code bloat [was Re: Semaphore assembly-code bug] Message-ID: <20041031044549.GC6507@squish.home.loc> Mail-Followup-To: Paul , Linux Kernel Mailing List References: <417550FB.8020404@drdos.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel> <200410310111.07086.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <20041030222720.GA22753@hockin.org> <200410310213.37712.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <1099178405.1441.7.camel@krustophenia.net> <1099176751.25194.12.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1365 Lines: 35 Tim Connors , on Sun Oct 31, 2004 [01:42:34 PM] said: > Ken Moffat said on Sun, 31 Oct 2004 01:09:54 +0000 (GMT): > > and the time to load it is irrelevant. Since then I've had an anecdotal > > report that -Os is known to cause problems with gnome. I s'pose people > > will say it serves me right for doing my initial testing on ppc which > > didn't have this problem ;) The point is that -Os is *much* less tested > > than -O2 at the moment. > > Because people suck, and don't use it and hence test it. > > Ie, test it! > > I can't, because I prefer to stay away from gnome instead. > Hi; Ive been using -Os as my default compile flag under Gentoo for probably over 2 years now. Havent noted any real problems, and thats nearly 3gig of compressed source code compiled on what is just my current system image. (Well, I might suck a little because I havent done any benchmarks or comparisons as to the actual benifits of doing so. Also, I use fvwm;) Paul set@pobox.com > -- > TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/