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

SVN-Revision: 34909

include/target.mk

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ ifeq ($(DUMP),1)
   DEFAULT_CFLAGS_i386=-O2 -pipe -march=i486 -fno-caller-saves
   DEFAULT_CFLAGS_x86_64=-O2 -pipe -march=athlon64 -fno-caller-saves
   DEFAULT_CFLAGS_m68k=-Os -pipe -mcfv4e -fno-caller-saves
-  DEFAULT_CFLAGS_mips=-Os -pipe -mips32 -mtune=mips32 -fno-caller-saves
+  DEFAULT_CFLAGS_mips=-Os -pipe -mips32 -mtune=mips32 -fno-caller-saves -mno-branch-likely
   DEFAULT_CFLAGS_mipsel=$(DEFAULT_CFLAGS_mips)
   DEFAULT_CFLAGS_mips64=-Os -pipe -mips64 -mtune=mips64 -mabi=64 -fno-caller-saves
   DEFAULT_CFLAGS_mips64el=$(DEFAULT_CFLAGS_mips64)

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

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

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

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

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

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