Thread (27 messages) 27 messages, 6 authors, 2008-10-28

Re: [PATCH] powerpc: compile kernel for linkstations optimized for size

From: Guennadi Liakhovetski <hidden>
Date: 2008-10-13 18:03:25
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On Mon, 13 Oct 2008, Rog=E9rio Brito wrote:
From: Rog=E9rio Brito <redacted>
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Since Linkstations and Kuroboxes often have *very* little memory (as
they are embedded systems), it is desirable to get their kernels
compiled optimized for size.
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Signed-off-by: Rog=E9rio Brito <redacted>
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I have been using kernels optimized for size on my Kurobox (standard)
for many different releases and I have experienced no problem with this
option enabled. Thus, this patch.
The comment for this option says: "watch out for broken compilers," if=20
this doesn't hold any more, it should be remove, if it still holds, I=20
wouldn't turn this on by default, as I don't think we can test all=20
possible (cross- or native-) compilers users might want to use. In any=20
case this is one of options that users can select themselves, if it suits=
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them. Also I don't think your CC list is correct, you wanted to send this=
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to the powerpc list and one of powerpc / subarch maintainer.

Thanks
Guennadi
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--- linux/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig.old=092008-10-13 00:=
33:00.000000000 -0300
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+++ linux/arch/powerpc/configs/linkstation_defconfig=092008-10-13 00:38:5=
8.000000000 -0300
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@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ CONFIG_NAMESPACES=3Dy
 # CONFIG_PID_NS is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=3Dy
 CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE=3D""
-# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
+CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=3Dy
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=3Dy
 # CONFIG_EMBEDDED is not set
 CONFIG_SYSCTL_SYSCALL=3Dy
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Guennadi Liakhovetski, Ph.D.
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