> From: Jimmy Lim <jimmyb...@gmail.com> > To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List > <plug@lists.linux.org.ph> > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 0:13:15 > Subject: Re: [plug] Kahel OS. Do IT Right. > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Paolo Falcone wrote: > > The "never ever use -O3" isn't an absolute rule. > > > > ... snip. > ... > Let say I use your fancy gcc flags with -O3 on my Linux distro, how > much performance will my dual-core laptop will get? .5%? .10%? vs with > the -O2 that is stable and reliable.
It's their distro. If they can provide a significantly faster (and still stable) distro using this flag, we all can benefit from it. Even if they fail, their experience may lead to improvements to GCC or other areas in the open source universe, maybe even to the kernel. I say let them have a go at it. Peace! --- mike t. _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
