mips: use -mno-branch-likely for kernel and userspace, saves ~11k kernel size after lzma and ~12k squashfs size in the default configuration

git-svn-id: svn://svn.openwrt.org/openwrt/trunk@34909 3c298f89-4303-0410-b956-a3cf2f4a3e73

6 files changed, 26 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile b/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile
index 73d90e37b..fe8826f07 100644
--- a/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ar71xx/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ARCH:=mips
 BOARD:=ar71xx
 BOARDNAME:=Atheros AR7xxx/AR9xxx
 FEATURES:=squashfs jffs2 targz
-CFLAGS:=-Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves
+CFLAGS:=-Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely
 SUBTARGETS:=generic nand
 
 LINUX_VERSION:=3.6.11
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/302-mips_no_branch_likely.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/302-mips_no_branch_likely.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1da954005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/302-mips_no_branch_likely.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
++++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ all-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT)+= vmlin
+ # machines may also.  Since BFD is incredibly buggy with respect to
+ # crossformat linking we rely on the elf2ecoff tool for format conversion.
+ #
+-cflags-y			+= -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -pipe
++cflags-y			+= -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -pipe -mno-branch-likely
+ cflags-y			+= -msoft-float
+ LDFLAGS_vmlinux			+= -G 0 -static -n -nostdlib
+ KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE		+= -mlong-calls
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/305-mips_module_reloc.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/305-mips_module_reloc.patch
index fea4a0012..a2738dca7 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/305-mips_module_reloc.patch
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.6/305-mips_module_reloc.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 --- a/arch/mips/Makefile
 +++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
 @@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ all-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT)+= vmlin
- cflags-y			+= -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -pipe
+ cflags-y			+= -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -pipe -mno-branch-likely
  cflags-y			+= -msoft-float
  LDFLAGS_vmlinux			+= -G 0 -static -n -nostdlib
 -KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE		+= -mlong-calls
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-3.7/302-mips_no_branch_likely.patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.7/302-mips_no_branch_likely.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1da954005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-3.7/302-mips_no_branch_likely.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
++++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
+@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ all-$(CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT)+= vmlin
+ # machines may also.  Since BFD is incredibly buggy with respect to
+ # crossformat linking we rely on the elf2ecoff tool for format conversion.
+ #
+-cflags-y			+= -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -pipe
++cflags-y			+= -G 0 -mno-abicalls -fno-pic -pipe -mno-branch-likely
+ cflags-y			+= -msoft-float
+ LDFLAGS_vmlinux			+= -G 0 -static -n -nostdlib
+ KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE		+= -mlong-calls
diff --git a/target/linux/lantiq/Makefile b/target/linux/lantiq/Makefile
index d0eb2df1b..84958df7f 100644
--- a/target/linux/lantiq/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/lantiq/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ SUBTARGETS=xway ase falcon
 
 LINUX_VERSION:=3.7.1
 
-CFLAGS=-Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves
+CFLAGS=-Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely
 
 define Target/Description
 	Build firmware images for Lantiq SoC
diff --git a/target/linux/ramips/Makefile b/target/linux/ramips/Makefile
index e165da6f2..ba00c9268 100644
--- a/target/linux/ramips/Makefile
+++ b/target/linux/ramips/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ ARCH:=mipsel
 BOARD:=ramips
 BOARDNAME:=Ralink RT288x/RT3xxx
 SUBTARGETS:=rt288x rt305x rt3883
-CFLAGS:=-Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves
+CFLAGS:=-Os -pipe -mips32r2 -mtune=mips32r2 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely
 FEATURES:=squashfs
 
 LINUX_VERSION:=3.6.11