--- /dev/null
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+# When compiling for an embedded system, we need every bit of
+# performance we can get. default to optimized with the option
+# of opt-out.
+# Signed-Off: Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@vanille-media.de>
+
+Index: Python-2.6.1/Python/compile.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.6.1.orig/Python/compile.c
++++ Python-2.6.1/Python/compile.c
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ #include "symtable.h"
+ #include "opcode.h"
+
+-int Py_OptimizeFlag = 0;
++int Py_OptimizeFlag = 1;
+
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 16
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCKS 8
--- /dev/null
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+Updated original patch for python 2.7.3
+
+Signed-Off-By: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
+2012/05/01
+
+
+# when compiling for an embedded system, we need every bit of
+# performance we can get. default to optimized with the option
+# of opt-out.
+# Signed-Off: Michael 'Mickey' Lauer <mickey@vanille-media.de>
+
+Index: Python-2.7.3/Python/compile.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.7.3.orig/Python/compile.c
++++ Python-2.7.3/Python/compile.c
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ #include "symtable.h"
+ #include "opcode.h"
+
+-int Py_OptimizeFlag = 0;
++int Py_OptimizeFlag = 1;
+
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCK_SIZE 16
+ #define DEFAULT_BLOCKS 8
+Index: Python-2.7.3/Modules/main.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.7.3.orig/Modules/main.c
++++ Python-2.7.3/Modules/main.c
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ static char **orig_argv;
+ static int orig_argc;
+
+ /* command line options */
+-#define BASE_OPTS "3bBc:dEhiJm:OQ:RsStuUvVW:xX?"
++#define BASE_OPTS "3bBc:dEhiJm:NOQ:RsStuUvVW:xX?"
+
+ #ifndef RISCOS
+ #define PROGRAM_OPTS BASE_OPTS
+@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ Options and arguments (and corresponding
+ static char *usage_2 = "\
+ if stdin does not appear to be a terminal; also PYTHONINSPECT=x\n\
+ -m mod : run library module as a script (terminates option list)\n\
+--O : optimize generated bytecode slightly; also PYTHONOPTIMIZE=x\n\
+--OO : remove doc-strings in addition to the -O optimizations\n\
++-N : do NOT optimize generated bytecode\n\
+ -R : use a pseudo-random salt to make hash() values of various types be\n\
+ unpredictable between separate invocations of the interpreter, as\n\
+ a defense against denial-of-service attacks\n\
+@@ -365,8 +364,8 @@ Py_Main(int argc, char **argv)
+
+ /* case 'J': reserved for Jython */
+
+- case 'O':
+- Py_OptimizeFlag++;
++ case 'N':
++ Py_OptimizeFlag=0;
+ break;
+
+ case 'B':
--- /dev/null
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+# Reinstate the empty -O option to fix weird mixing of native and target
+# binaries and libraries with LD_LIBRARY_PATH when host==target
+#
+# Signed-off-by: Denys Dmytriyenko <denis@denix.org>
+
+Index: Python-2.6.6/Modules/main.c
+===================================================================
+--- Python-2.6.6.orig/Modules/main.c
++++ Python-2.6.6/Modules/main.c
+@@ -327,6 +327,9 @@ Py_Main(int argc, char **argv)
+
+ /* case 'J': reserved for Jython */
+
++ case 'O': /* ignore it */
++ break;
++
+ case 'N':
+ Py_OptimizeFlag=0;
+ break;