> This patch for 2.2.x (originally by Artur Skawina for 2.3.x)
> eliminates at least one problem of using gcc-2.95, namely its
> utterly stupid and unnecessary 16-byte stack alignment default.
> (My 2.2.12 and 2.2.13pre9 kernels are compiled with gcc-2.95.1
> and this patch, and they work fine.)
Why is it utterly stupid and unnecessary? Have you benchmarked it both ways?
I have benchmarked various programs and they do run faster with the 16-byte stack alignment on Pentium IIIs.
--Lee Hetherington
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