Just fyi. At least for x86-32, it seems later versions of gcc are producing smaller images.
$ size vmlinux.* text data bss dec hex filename 657725 118496 1189040 1965261 1dfccd vmlinux.4.4 633563 118528 1189448 1941539 1da023 vmlinux.4.6 633277 118496 1189592 1941365 1d9f75 vmlinux.4.7 632299 121120 1192784 1946203 1db25b vmlinux.4.9 -- 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/

