On Wed, Feb 14, 2001 at 09:46:30AM -0300, wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've seen the standard qmail compilation flags are just "-O2".
>
> Does anybody tried any other level of optimization like
> "-O6... -fomit-frame-pointer... -DCPU=686..." ? What would be the benefits
> of compiling with these flags ? Is this safe ?
I doubt if it is safe.
> I'm using egcs version egcs-1.1.2-30 in a Linux box.
Ah, egcs. No, it is not safe. egcs is a crack-product.
> ( I know this is more of a compiler issue, but I think it is worth to
> exchange experiences... )
qmail is hardly CPU-intensive, it spends very little time in loops
without any I/O. I think the benefits would be small.
Greetz, Peter.
