Hi Spiro On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 01:40, Spiro Trikaliotis <ml-kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On the other hand: With optimisations disabled, the kernel behaves > differently than it would with optimisations. That's why many people > prefer to keep them switched on, and only disable them partially if > really, really needed. I agree...even I still have mixed conclusion whether to go or no go with -O when dealing with -O and debugging. I guess one of the biggest offenders are: inlining, dead code (and symbols) elimination, substitution with specific machine specific opcode (not really sure, is -march has relationship with -O)... -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies