A new RPL firmware for the 50g

[Claudio L.]

(01-01-2014 09:44 PM)Paul Dale Wrote:  Thumb code is denser than ARM and often is faster too (more code in cache despite the need for extra instructions).

True. HPGCC3 gets about 30% savings in size with Thumb activated (measured in a not-so-scientific way with the provided examples). I couldn't measure any speed difference, though, it's probably quite minimal (at least on the 50g hardware, that is).