Re: Make it fast

"E. Robert Bogusta" <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:58:05 -0400 (EDT)
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-laptop
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On Sun, 9 Jun 2002, Patrick Onegin wrote:

> have you tried compiling the sources with gcc optimisation options?
> usually boosts applications a bit in the range from 5-10%.
> optimisation can slow down your compile time seriously when having a
> slower cpu.

Hey! There's a thought, gcc 3.1 has an option, I think -Os, to make the
code as small as possible, as well as the usual other things. I think CPU
is the problem for running things and memory for graphics, sort of the
worst of all possible worlds.

		-- rob bogus