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
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