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Hello all, |
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Without wanting to become flame bait at all.. I'd just like to know why |
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-O3 is the default (commented) -O in make.conf, even for x86 stage |
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tarballs (I don't really know about the stageballs on other |
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architectures). Although the usefulness / harm of this flag has been |
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discussed to death, on the vast majority of x86 /desktop/ machines I |
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don't really think this flag is that suitable, and I know many agree. |
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The reason I ask is because many people who didn't really change the |
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default flags beyond setting -march have come on #gentoo or on the |
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forums unsatisfied with performance of Gentoo, and there are also |
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several packages that still won't compile with -O3. |
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As a default for x86, wouldn't -O2 be more suitable? My personal |
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viewpoint is that if you want to set -O3 on x86, go ahead. But if you |
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do, you should know why you want to do it, and what affects it will |
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have. Many beginners who haven't really got their heads around CFLAGS |
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will possibly read somewhere that -O3 gives the most optimisation and be |
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sold there and then. |
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Thanks, |
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Tom |
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