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From:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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Subject: Re: [RFC] Optimize swab operations on mips_r2 cpu
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On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 11:13:44AM +0100, Kevin D. Kissell wrote:

> Configuration hacks that are specific to a single core create cruft and
> maintenence problems.  As I said yesterday, I think we'd be much better
> off to have a CONFIG_CPU_MIPS_SMALL or some such option
> that could cause -Os to be used, allow branch-likelies, etc.

There is already CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE.

Unfortunately gcc has begun to avoid gcc totally since it was marked
"deprecated" in the architecture spec even though in the real world
branch likely often is a win.

  Ralf