[avr-gcc-list] switch/case optimisation in TWI ISR

[David Bourgeois]

I have a TWI interrupt routine inspired from the proycon avrlib and which  
handles multi-master transmissions in an atmega48.
It's basically a sequence of cases for every value of the twi status.

Right now, my twi code is 780 bytes long but 292 are for the SWITCH alone,  
while only 266 are for what I'm actually doing in the cases.

Is there a better way to write this? I've been told that a if/else if  
sequence could be more efficient but can't really understand why. I guess  
this also depends on the compiler. What about AVR-GCC in such a case?
And even if I have to write all this ISR in assembler, could I be able to  
reduce this code significantly?

Thanks for your advices,
David Bourgeois

My code looks like this:
        switch(TW_STATUS)
        {
        /* Master General */
        case TW_START:                                          // 0x08: Sent 
start condition
        case TW_REP_START:                                      // 0x10: Sent 
repeated start condition
                i2cSendByte(I2cDeviceAddrRW);                   // send device 
address
                break;
        
        /* Master Transmitter & Receiver status codes */
        case TW_MT_SLA_ACK:                                     // 0x18: Slave 
address acknowledged
        case TW_MT_DATA_ACK:                                    // 0x28: Data 
acknowledged

and the disassembler:
        switch(TW_STATUS)
 ade:   80 91 b9 00     lds     r24, 0x00B9
 ae2:   99 27           eor     r25, r25
 ae4:   88 7f           andi    r24, 0xF8       ; 248
 ae6:   90 70           andi    r25, 0x00       ; 0
 ae8:   80 36           cpi     r24, 0x60       ; 96
 aea:   91 05           cpc     r25, r1
 aec:   09 f4           brne    .+2             ; 0xaf0
 aee:   c7 c0           rjmp    .+398           ; 0xc7e
 af0:   81 36           cpi     r24, 0x61       ; 97
 af2:   91 05           cpc     r25, r1
 af4:   0c f0           brlt    .+2             ; 0xaf8
 af6:   3d c0           rjmp    .+122           ; 0xb72
 af8:   88 32           cpi     r24, 0x28       ; 40
 afa:   91 05           cpc     r25, r1
 afc:   09 f4           brne    .+2             ; 0xb00
 afe:   85 c0           rjmp    .+266           ; 0xc0a
 b00:   89 32           cpi     r24, 0x29       ; 41
 b02:   91 05           cpc     r25, r1