From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Mar 22 17:27:23 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from weeble.dyndns.org (ubppp234-38.dialin.buffalo.edu [128.205.234.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0F1737B6BA; Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:27:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjm2@earthling.net) Received: from shithead (shithead.weeble.dyndns.org [10.0.0.2]) by weeble.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id UAA32400; Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:26:32 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from cjm2@earthling.net) From: "C J Michaels" To: "Brad Knowles" , , "Howard Leadmon" Cc: , Subject: RE: Compiler problems with -O2 (was Re: CVS Trouble, even under 4.0-RELEASE (alpha) HELP!) Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 20:26:50 -0500 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Seriously. I can see adding a warning, but restricting people completely is another story. One of the main reasons I run FreeBSD is the flexability it provides me compared to other operating systems. Even if that's the flexability to shoot myself in the foot. FWIW, I've never had a problem with anything I've compiled with "-O2", but I guess I'm just lucky, eh? -Chris -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brad Knowles Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 6:17 PM To: obrien@FreeBSD.ORG; Howard Leadmon Cc: freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG; freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Compiler problems with -O2 (was Re: CVS Trouble, even under 4.0-RELEASE (alpha) HELP!) 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-stable" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message