From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Mar 22 15:44:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from trinity.skynet.be (trinity.skynet.be [195.238.2.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3514F37C2DE; Wed, 22 Mar 2000 15:44:19 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from blk@skynet.be) Received: from [194.78.238.239] (dialup1071.brussels2.skynet.be [194.78.238.239]) by trinity.skynet.be (Postfix) with ESMTP id E520B180BC; Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:44:12 +0100 (MET) Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: blk@pop.skynet.be Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <20000322130901.A97411@dragon.nuxi.com> References: <14552.58589.119082.742615@grasshopper.cs.duke.edu> <200003222003.PAA51043@account.abs.net> <20000322130901.A97411@dragon.nuxi.com> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 00:16:43 +0100 To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG, Howard Leadmon From: Brad Knowles Subject: Re: Compiler problems with -O2 (was Re: CVS Trouble, even under 4.0-RELEASE (alpha) HELP!) Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 1:09 PM -0800 2000/3/22, David O'Brien wrote: > I'm on the virge of turning off "-O2" on both Alpha and i386. Cool! Can I put in -O39696943125454932 and you'll save me from myself on that, too? ;-) Seriously, I have to wonder why people can't take the recommendation that you should use nothing more than -O, and that anything more is only likely to increase your probability of crashing, toasting the system, etc.... I'm sorry, at best here we're talking a few tenths of a percentage point of increased speed (if that), and maybe a few milliseconds saved -- right? -- These are my opinions -- not to be taken as official Skynet policy ====================================================================== Brad Knowles, || Belgacom Skynet SA/NV Systems Architect, Mail/News/FTP/Proxy Admin || Rue Colonel Bourg, 124 Phone/Fax: +32-2-706.13.11/12.49 || B-1140 Brussels http://www.skynet.be || Belgium To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message