On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 09:08:24PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote: > I believe that the majority of systems we are built on want a -O2 compiled > kernel. Optimizing for size (-Os) is mainly benneficial for embedded > systems and systems with very small CPU caches (correct me if I'm wrong). > So it seems wrong to me that CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE defaults to 'y' and > recommends saying 'Y' if unsure. I believe it should default to 'n' and > recommend that if unsure. People who bennefit from -Os know who they are > and can enable the option if needed/wanted - the majority shouldn't > select this. Right? > > Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> I've actually seen nothing but problems with -Os. Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- Steve -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
