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DateSat, 26 Jan 2002 03:41:06 +0000
FromJamie Lokier <>
SubjectRe: [ACPI] ACPI mentioned on lwn.net/kernel
Linus Torvalds wrote:
> It's sad that gcc relegates "optimize for size" to a second-class
> citizen.  Instead of having a "-Os" (that optimizes for size and doesn't
> work together with other optimizations), it would be better to have a
> "-Olargecode", which explicitly enables "don't care about code size" for
> those (few) applications where it makes sense.

Btw, there have been suggestions that -Os may actually be faster for x86
code on current processors.

-- Jamie
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