>> There are diffs out there which make some simple changes to the
>> Makefiles so that the compiler is invoked with "-O6 -mpentium" when
>> CONFIG_M586 (or 686) is defined rather than invoking it with "-O2
>> -fomit-frame-pointer -m486 -malign_loops=2...". This is probably
>> what the original poster is referring to.
Tim> I have patched up 2.0.33 kernels with egcs 1.0.1 to use -O9
Tim> -ffast-math -mpentiumpro in ALL Makefiles, and it runs fine...
That is seems to run for you doesn't prove the egcs is perfect, you
don't test every little corner of the code generation! I still
consider egcs a compiler under development and I belive Linus has
good reason to state way what he is in this case (as in just about
any other case ;-).
Jes
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