Steve Grubb wrote:
> It seems gcc creates much better code with the variables set to register
> types.
Curious. GCC should be generating the same code regardless; ah well.
Is strtoul actually used in the kernel other than for the occasional
(rare) write to /proc/sys and parsing boot options?
> But this is the kernel and there are people that would reject my patch
> purely on the basis that it adds precious bytes to the kernel.
Perhaps I am mistaken but I'd expect it to be called what, ten times at
boot time, and a couple of times when X loads the MTRRs?
Sounds like the neatest trick would be reducing bytes used here...
-- Jamie
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