Re: [PATCH] Isapnp warning
Andrew Morton (akpm@digeo.com)
Sat, 21 Jun 2003 19:59:28 -0700
Chris Wedgwood <cw@f00f.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 07:17:05PM -0700, Andrew Morton wrote:
>
> > Compared to 2.95.3, gcc-3.3 takes 1.5x as long to compile, and
> > produces a kernel which is 200k larger.
>
> Do we know why this is the case? I assume the fix is far from
> trivial?
Alignment mainly. It pads stuff all over the place. A lot of it can be
defeated - but not all, last time I looked.
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