* Alessandro de Manzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [020405 12:08] wrote: > On Fri, Apr 05, 2002 at 12:00:05PM -0800, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > > Wow, thanks for the super-fast answer! :)) > > > > > on my production servers' kernel so in the very rare case of crash I'll > > > got a crash dump ( I'ld use also options DDB_UNATTENDED) and could > > > immediately have a backtrace report. > > > > > > ..Am I crazy ? :-)) > > > > I don't think you'll notice a difference for most stuff, this is how > > does the "-g" option (GCC option I guess) disable the "-O" optimizing > option ? > If "-g" simply attach the symbols and similar debug info to the > executable I guess the kernel should not be slower, but I don't know > GCC very well...
no it shouldn't however higher levels of optimization may obfuscate the tracebacks you get because of the way the compiler reorders code. -- -Alfred Perlstein [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 'Instead of asking why a piece of software is using "1970s technology," start asking why software is ignoring 30 years of accumulated wisdom.' Tax deductible donations for FreeBSD: http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message