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Date:	Mon, 30 Jan 2006 15:31:21 +0100
From:	Franck <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>
To:	Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
Subject: Re: [RFC] Optimize swab operations on mips_r2 cpu
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2006/1/29, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>:
> On Fri, Jan 27, 2006 at 06:32:15PM +0100, Franck wrote:
>
> > > ifdef CONFIG_CPU_SMARTMIPS
> > > cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32R1)   += \
> > >                         $(call set_gccflags,mips32,smartmips,4kec,mips3,mips2)\
> > >                         -Os, -Wa,--trap
>
> -Os has no business here.  That's what CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is for.
>
> > > if the values I threw in for the MIPS32R1+SmartMIPS (e.g. 4KSc) combination
> > > would actually work.  I just want to point out that it isn't that hard to do.
> >
> > I agree it's not hard to do. But it becomes more tricky if you want
> > something clean that gives best results for every cpus...Moreover I
> > don't think your solution avoids maintenence problems IMHO.
> >
> > Ralf, could you give your opinion ?
>
> I think I'm going to start by throwing the insane option selection
> complexity which was needed for support of gcc 2.95 ... 3.1; a few days
> gcc 3.2 became the minimum required to build a 2.6 kernel, then see what
> can nicely be implemented.

Could you keep me informed on this ? When are you planning to start it ?

Thanks
--
               Franck