On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 02:43:21PM +0100, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > Build system: section garbage collection for vmlinux > > Newer gcc and binutils can do dead code and data removal > at link time. It is achieved using combination of > -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections options for gcc and > --gc-sections for ld. >...
In the long term I'd like us to be able to compile the whole (or at least most of) the kernel with one "-combine -fwhole-program" gcc call which should bring the same positive effect plus enables gcc to do additional optimizations. That's meant as a remark, not against your patch (which is for a lower hanging fruit). > vda cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/