-----Original Message----- ********************** Legal Disclaimer **************************** "This email may contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any unauthorized review, use or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by reply email and delete the message. Thank you." ********************************************************************** From: Momchil Velikov [mailto:velco@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 11:47 AM To: B Srinivas Cc: kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: size of the code B Srinivas wrote: > I have compiled a library for 64 bit mips big-endian system . and I > find that the size of this is > considerably more than the compiled code for i386 32 bit. Is this a > normal behavior ? and what is or could be the reason.? How much is "considerably more" ? It's normal for typical RISC architectures (like MIPS) to have lower code density, compared to typical CISC architectiures (like IA-32), sometimes resulting in up to twice as big code size. ~vleoc Around 150 kb !!! Regards Srinivas -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
