Re: CVS commit: src/distrib/vax/ramdisk

[Matt Thomas <matt%3am-software.com@localhost>]

On Jan 24, 2014, at 4:19 AM, Martin Husemann <martin%netbsd.org@localhost> 
wrote:

> Module Name:  src
> Committed By: martin
> Date:         Fri Jan 24 12:19:10 UTC 2014
> 
> Modified Files:
>       src/distrib/vax/ramdisk: Makefile
> 
> Log Message:
> Slightly bump ramdisk size, so the content fits even when compiled with
> gcc 4.8 (usually binaries are smaller or same size, this increase is
> strange)

Alas, as gcc improves support for riscish architectures, these enhancements
make CISCish code much worse.

I tried an experiment and limited the plus:QI and plus:HI patterns to
const_int and register and the code produced improved considerably.

I'm reworking vax.md to limit patterns will help.