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    SubjectRe: [RFC] arm: use built-in byte swap function
    On Wed, 20 Feb 2013, Woodhouse, David wrote:

    > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 09:06 -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
    > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2013, Woodhouse, David wrote:
    > >
    > > > On Wed, 2013-02-20 at 08:36 -0500, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
    > > > > You'll have the same issue wrt the above whether or not the source
    > > > > file is C or assembly.
    > > >
    > > > Hm, true. I was thinking of the code itself (which is
    > > > position-independent anyway), rather than the flags in the object file.
    > > >
    > > > So just ship a .S file and for the decompressor (if we need it at all)
    > > > rebuild it just the same as we do the *other* libgcc code like ashldi3.S
    > > > etc.
    > >
    > > ... in which case there is no harm shipping a .c file and trivially
    > > enforcing -O2, the rest being equal.
    >
    > For today's compilers, unless the wind changes.

    We'll adapt if necessary. Going with -O2 should remain pretty safe anyway.


    Nicolas


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