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On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:51:43 +0200, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> Now I read about the fact that -O3 results in bigger binaries and isn't |
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> at all guaranteed to give me a faster system. The bigger files result in |
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> more load on IO, so this tells me that it puts the load on the |
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> (relatively slow) 5400 rpm HDD I have in my laptop. OTOH I have "only" |
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> 512 MB RAM in there so it seems interesting to me to go the -O2 way of |
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> doing Gentoo ... |
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I agree with Richard's response to the other other parts of your mail, but |
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I'd also add that -O2 may not be the best setting for your system. -Os |
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applies some of the optimisations of -O3 but also optimises for size. It |
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is often the best setting for systems with slow memory and disk I/O, i.e. |
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laptops. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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A bug in the hand is better than one as yet undetected. |
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