Re: [PATCH] mm/pg-r4k.c: Dump the generated code

[Franck Bui-Huu <vagabon.xyz@gmail.com>]

Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
>  What would be the gain for the kernel from using "-march=4ksd" rather 
> than "-march=mips32r2"?
> 

It actually results in a kernel image ~30kbytes smaller for the former
case. It has been discussed sometimes ago on this list. I'm sorry but
I don't know why...

> 
>  What if you want to run a single kernel image regardless of the CPU 
> installed in the system.  Rebuilding the kernel (or having to keep a large 
> collection of binaries) just because you want to swap the CPU does not 
> seem like a terribly attractive idea.  Some systems come with their CPU(s) 
> on a daughtercard (each), you know...
> 

ok, I wasn't aware about this. You could have started by this point ;)

So now I think the right direction is to stick with tlbex.c and
make it smaller like Ralf did.

Thanks,
                Franck