@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ ifneq ($(GCC_MINORVERSION),4)
CFLAGS+= -march=i386
endif
+# this is almost always a win. the kernel uses it, too.
+CFLAGS+= -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
+
LDFLAGS+= -N
ifeq "$(shell uname -s)" "FreeBSD"