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SubjectRe: Possible GCC contamination of Linux
Kurt Garloff wrote:
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> a patch which adds -fno-builtins to the Makefile and makes the abs() work.

why?


> Wait: What about the speed of builtin memcpy and the routines provided by
> the kernel? I think I remember a discussion about his. Anybody?

depends on cpu i guess. The builtins generate noticably better code when
the length is constant though.


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