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Date:      Mon, 05 Apr 1999 11:08:30 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai <asmodai@wxs.nl>
To:        "David O'Brien" <obrien@NUXI.com>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG, Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org>
Subject:   Re: Boot blocks
Message-ID:  <XFMail.990405110830.asmodai@wxs.nl>
In-Reply-To: <19990404232854.A5300@nuxi.com>

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On 05-Apr-99 David O'Brien wrote:
>> Just wanted to let people know that the unmodified boot blocks have
>> 144 bytes free if you compile them -Os and -16 free if you compile
>> them -O2.  
> 
> Were you able to actually boot the bootblocks compiled with EGCS and -Os ?
> (I know the optimization gives us the space we need, but I'm not upto
> testing new bootblocks at this moment)

Funny thing is that I get an option unknown: -Os when trying that solution.
A -O instead of -O2 however solves my problem and leaves me with 188 bytes
free.

Guess that means that my make world still uses (g)cc offcourse as it
does not recognise the -Os flag.

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asmodai(at)wxs.nl        The idea does not replace the work...
Network/Security Specialist      <http://home.wxs.nl/~asmodai>;
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