On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 01:01:55PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote: > Em Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 11:48:42AM -0400, Aristeu Rozanski escreveu: > > Hi, > > does anyone know why CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is enabled in fedora kernel? I > > thought that option was useful for embedded systems only. > > IIRC because it makes the kernel faster :-) The reduced icache pressure makes it a win. As a bonus some non-performance-sensitive code (like the acpi interpretor) gets a _lot_ smaller on-disk. Dave _______________________________________________ Fedora-kernel-list mailing list Fedora-kernel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-kernel-list
