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From: Jamie Lokier <lk@tantalophile.demon.co.uk>
To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>
Cc: Martin Eriksson <nitrax@giron.wox.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [ACPI] ACPI mentioned on lwn.net/kernel
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 17:48:00 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20020126174800.D6724@kushida.apsleyroad.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200201251550.g0PFoIPa002738@tigger.cs.uni-dortmund.de> <200201250802.32508.bodnar42@phalynx.dhs.org> <jeelkes8y5.fsf@sykes.suse.de> <a2sv2s$ge3$1@penguin.transmeta.com> <20020126034106.F5730@kushida.apsleyroad.org> <012d01c1a687$faa11120$0201a8c0@HOMER> <3C52DD96.183322F9@mandrakesoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <3C52DD96.183322F9@mandrakesoft.com>; from jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com on Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 11:47:18AM -0500

Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Hmm.. I tried to compile the kernel with -Os (gcc 2.96-98) and I just got a
> > ~1% smaller vmlinux and a ~3% smaller bzImage. Maybe the size optimizations
> > doesn't show on these files? Internal data structures that are much bigger
> > than "real" code?
> 
> That doesn't tell us much unless you benchmark any speed
> improvements/degradations noticed.  Hidden in that 1% may be more
> favorable I-cache usage, better register usage... who knows.
> 
> It would also be interesting to compile key files like kernel/sched.c or
> mm/vmscan.c in assembly using O2 and Os, and compare the output with
> diff -u.

It'd be good to know why it's not achieving the quoted 30% space saving
that other compilers manage for normal code, unless it's myth of course.

-- Jamie

  reply	other threads:[~2002-01-26 17:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-25 15:42 Moore, Robert
2002-01-25 15:50 ` Horst von Brand
2002-01-25 16:02   ` Ryan Cumming
2002-01-25 16:15     ` Andreas Schwab
2002-01-25 20:05       ` Ryan Cumming
2002-01-26  1:00       ` Linus Torvalds
2002-01-26  3:41         ` Jamie Lokier
2002-01-26 16:39           ` Martin Eriksson
2002-01-26 16:47             ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-26 17:48               ` Jamie Lokier [this message]
2002-01-26 18:25                 ` Martin Eriksson
2002-01-26 21:42             ` Linus Torvalds
2002-01-30  9:22               ` Andrey Panin
     [not found]                 ` <Pine.LNX.4.33.0201291412590.18804-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-01-30  8:00                   ` Andrey Panin
2002-01-26 17:33         ` Felix von Leitner
2002-01-26 19:40           ` Florian Weimer
2002-01-27 13:56         ` Martin Dalecki
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-01-27 23:58 Dieter Nützel
     [not found] <200201251550.g0PFoIPa002738@tigger.cs.uni-dortmund.de.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found] ` <200201250802.32508.bodnar42@phalynx.dhs.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found]   ` <jeelkes8y5.fsf@sykes.suse.de.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found]     ` <a2sv2s$ge3$1@penguin.transmeta.com.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found]       ` <20020126034106.F5730@kushida.apsleyroad.org.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
     [not found]         ` <012d01c1a687$faa11120$0201a8c0@HOMER.suse.lists.linux.kernel>
2002-01-26 22:43           ` Andi Kleen
     [not found] <fa.juevf8v.1u7ubb8@ifi.uio.no>
     [not found] ` <fa.h3u09pv.1v2k3bm@ifi.uio.no>
2002-01-26  2:12   ` Dan Maas
2002-01-26  3:45     ` Jamie Lokier
2002-01-26  4:33       ` Alexander Viro
2002-01-26  4:38         ` Andrew Pimlott
2002-01-26  4:59           ` Jamie Lokier
2002-01-26  5:11         ` Jamie Lokier
2002-01-25  2:15 Therien, Guy

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