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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Marc Lehmann <pcg@goof.com>
Cc: linut@squonk.net <linut@squonk.net>; linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
<linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu>
Date: Wednesday, December 16, 1998 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: pgcc optimizationss


>> Until both the kernel and the compilers are fixed (just a matter of
time),
>> please don't blame the compiler nor the kernel, either fix it or don't
use
>> it.
>
>Well 2.1.x seems to be ok with egcs, and egcs current + the assembler
>patches Bernd and co have provided should be rock safe. Having said that

I am assuming by assembler patches you mean pgcc, am I correct?

>you don't want to use -O6 with the kernel. -O6 says "please go around and
>inline things as you feel". The kernel authors have already done that and
>made a better job of it than the compiler will

What would be the maximum safe optimization level?

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