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Date:      Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:57:25 -0700
From:      Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org>
To:        Tony Maher <anthony.maher@uts.edu.au>
Cc:        Gary Kline <kline@sage.thought.org>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, Stefan Lambrev <stefan.lambrev@sun-fish.com>
Subject:   Re: optimization levels for 6-STABLE build{kernel,world}
Message-ID:  <20060914045725.GB92358@thought.org>
In-Reply-To: <45089D47.6070005@uts.edu.au>
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On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 10:07:35AM +1000, Tony Maher wrote:
> Gary Kline wrote:
> 
> > <deleted>
> >
> > 	A couple of things.  Will having gcc unroll loops have any
> > 	negative consequences?  (I can't imagine how:: but better 
> > 	informed than to have something crash inexplicability.)
> > 	With 6.X safe at -O2 and with -funroll-loops, that should be
> > 	a slight gain, right?  (It also will make an upgrade from 5.5 
> > 	to 6.[12] that much more rational.)
> 
> -funroll-loops affect loader see
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2006-September/028145.html
> 

	Right.  This is probably what Chuck Swiger was talking about.
	I've never had this problems on my 5.[345] releases.  And not
	with 6.1 (knock-wood!!). 

	I've just upgraded to -RELEASE and going to rebuild overnight on
	the server that traped out.  With -funroll-loops gone :-)

	gary

> --
> tonym

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