kernel optimization options ?

Derkjan de Haan (derkjan@student.utwente.nl)
24 Oct 1996 11:52:26 GMT

I am wondering why the kernel is as a default compiled with the -O2 and
-fno-strength-reduced options. Why don't we use -O3 and forget the
-fno-strength-reduced option ? The kernel gets somewhat bigger, but this
doesn't seem te be much of a problem. Or am I missing something ?

Derkjan de Haan