Re: [2.6 patch] add a config option for -Os compilation

[Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 08:11:27PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 04:38:45PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > --- linux-2.6.0-test5-mm4/init/Kconfig.old	2003-09-25 14:38:18.000000000 +0200
> > +++ linux-2.6.0-test5-mm4/init/Kconfig	2003-09-25 14:47:12.000000000 +0200
> > @@ -65,6 +65,16 @@
> >  
> >  menu "General setup"
> >  
> > +config OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
> > +	bool "Optimize for size" if EXPERIMENTAL
> > +	default y if ARM || H8300
> > +	default n
> > +	help
> > +	  Enabling this option will pass "-Os" instead of "-O2" to gcc
> > +	  resulting in a smaller kernel.
> > +
> > +	  If unsure, say N.
> > +
> 
> This is a general file, and it is wrong to include architecture specific
> knowledge here.

In which case we need to replicate the option in each of the per-
architecture files.  That seems a bit wasteful though.

I don't think "select" will hack it in this case though.

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