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Re: linux 2.1.117 built with egcs-1.1 19980823
- To: davem at dm dot cobaltmicro dot com (David S. Miller), egcs at cygnus dot com
- Subject: Re: linux 2.1.117 built with egcs-1.1 19980823
- From: Jason Merrill <jason at cygnus dot com>
- Date: 24 Aug 1998 02:13:49 -0700
- References: <k2hfz3iaeb.fsf@zero.aec.at> <199808240147.SAA19243.cygnus.egcs@dm.cobaltmicro.com>
>>>>> David S Miller <davem@dm.cobaltmicro.com> writes:
> From: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de>
> Date: 24 Aug 1998 00:46:52 +0200
> I did the same, but noticed a 50k increase of the image compared to
> the same tree build with gcc 2.7.2.3. I'm not sure about the
> reasons yet.
> Probably dwarf2 unwind info tables... they are quite sizable on the
> Intel. Sparc probably has the most compact representation.
But it's not emitted for C code by default. And it's much more reasonable
with gas 2.9, which optimizes the information.
Jason