RE: kernel optimization

2005-07-26 Thread Lee Revell
On Wed, 2005-07-27 at 06:53 +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > Gettimeofday loops using gcc-3.2.2 on 2.4.31 and 2.6.12. > > Also, 2.4 is faster than 2.6! All this proves is that gettimeofday() is faster on 2.4 than 2.6. Hardly surprising. Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe li

RE: kernel optimization

2005-07-26 Thread Al Boldi
Adrian Bunk wrote: { On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 08:22:59AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > Dr. Horst H. von Brand wrote: { > Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adrian Bunk wrote: { > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:55:48PM +0100, christos gentsis wrote: > > > i would like to ask if it possible to change t

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-26 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Tue, Jul 26, 2005 at 08:22:59AM +0300, Al Boldi wrote: > Dr. Horst H. von Brand wrote: { > Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Adrian Bunk wrote: { > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:55:48PM +0100, christos gentsis wrote: > > > i would like to ask if it possible to change the optimization of th

RE: kernel optimization

2005-07-25 Thread Al Boldi
Dr. Horst H. von Brand wrote: { Al Boldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Adrian Bunk wrote: { > On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:55:48PM +0100, christos gentsis wrote: > > i would like to ask if it possible to change the optimization of the > > kernel from -O2 to -O3 :D, how can i do that? if i change it

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-23 Thread cutaway
1 element jump table. There's many K of locked memory in these sparse jump tables. About 2K worth in the VT102 code alone. - Original Message - From: "Alan Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Adrian Bunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-23 Thread Alan Cox
On Sad, 2005-07-23 at 02:30 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Larger does not always mean slower. If it did, nobody would implement a > loop unrolling optimization. Generally speaking nowdays it does. Almost all loop unrolls are a loss on PIV. > ex. Look at how GCC generates jump tables for swit

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-23 Thread Simon Strandman
christos gentsis skrev: so if i want to play with and see what happens i have to change it manually in each make file... good i may create a kernel like that to see what will happens (just for test) ;) thanks Chris Just edit the top level Makefile and add your custom CFLAGS there. But you

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-22 Thread cutaway
- Original Message - From: "Adrian Bunk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "christos gentsis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 16:14 Subject: Re: kernel optimization > > It's completely untested. > And since it's larger, it'

RE: kernel optimization

2005-07-22 Thread Al Boldi
Adrian Bunk wrote: { On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:55:48PM +0100, christos gentsis wrote: > i would like to ask if it possible to change the optimization of the > kernel from -O2 to -O3 :D, how can i do that? if i change it to the > top level Makefile does it change to all the Makefiles? And since

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-22 Thread christos gentsis
Adrian Bunk wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:55:48PM +0100, christos gentsis wrote: hello Hi Chris, i would like to ask if it possible to change the optimization of the kernel from -O2 to -O3 :D, how can i do that? if i change it to the top level Makefile does it change to all

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-22 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 12:52:22PM -0700, David Lang wrote: > This is a airly frequent question > > the short answer is 'don't try' > > the longer answer is that all the additional optimization options that are > part of O3+ are considered individually and if they make sense for the > kernel t

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-22 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:55:48PM +0100, christos gentsis wrote: > hello Hi Chris, > i would like to ask if it possible to change the optimization of the > kernel from -O2 to -O3 :D, how can i do that? if i change it to the top > level Makefile does it change to all the Makefiles? search for

Re: kernel optimization

2005-07-22 Thread David Lang
ons need to be explicitly turned off for proper functionality of the kernel under all versions of GCC) David Lang On Fri, 22 Jul 2005, christos gentsis wrote: Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 19:55:48 +0100 From: christos gentsis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: kerne