Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: -fno-strength-reduce | Date | Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:16:34 +0200 (EET) | From | Matti Aarnio <> |
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> From: Arvind Sankar <arvinds@mit.edu> > To: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: -fno-strength-reduce > > Why is this option given to the compiler?
Tradition.
At some platforms (all?) at least earlier versions of GCC did produce bogus code if -O(2)'s default '-fstrength-reduce' mode was left on.
When that bug finally got fixed (has it been fixed?), I don't know.
> -- arvind
/Matti Aarnio <matti.aarnio@sonera.fi>
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