From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Dec 19 15:55:39 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 19 15:55:37 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [169.237.7.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 253F637B400 for ; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:55:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from dragon.nuxi.com (Ipittythefoolthattrustsident@trang.nuxi.com [209.152.133.57]) by relay.nuxi.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA10205; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:55:36 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by dragon.nuxi.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBJNtYA79162; Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:55:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien) Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 15:55:33 -0800 From: "David O'Brien" To: Bakul Shah Cc: Marc Tardif , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syscall assembly Message-ID: <20001219155533.D79058@dragon.nuxi.com> Reply-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <200012162013.PAA14008@marlborough.cnchost.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200012162013.PAA14008@marlborough.cnchost.com>; from bakul@bitblocks.com on Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 12:13:32PM -0800 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT Organization: The NUXI BSD group X-Pgp-Rsa-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Rsa-Keyid: 1024/34F9F9D5 Sender: obrien@NUXI.com Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Dec 16, 2000 at 12:13:32PM -0800, Bakul Shah wrote: > May be people who know more about gcc will explain this > better but I will speculate in any case! Assuming that 16 ... > But I still question this optimization. Are there any stats > on whether this 16 byte aligning improves performance? it > certainly increases space use! Why isn't this discussion going on at gcc@gcc.gnu.org?? That is certainly where the people in the know on these issues are. -- -- David (obrien@FreeBSD.org) GNU is Not Unix / Linux Is Not UniX To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message