------- Additional Comments From rakdver at atrey dot karlin dot mff dot cuni dot cz 2005-06-24 16:24 ------- Subject: Re: [4.0/4.1 Regression] openssl is slower when compiled with gcc 4.0 than 3.3
> I don't see how the precious register would matter much. But this compare > with memory is strange: > > cmpl %ecx, 12(%ebp) > > Why isn't len loaded into a register?? You answer your own question -- because there is no register free; that's why the precisious register maters that much. (I guess; I may be wrong). Zdenek -- http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=19923