Re: [2.6 patch] offer CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE only if EXPERIMENTAL

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Wed, Dec 14, 2005 at 02:22:16PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> >
> > CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is still an experimental feature that doesn't work 
> > with all supported gcc/architecture combinations.
> > 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
> > 
> > --- linux-git/init/Kconfig.old	2005-12-14 23:08:51.000000000 +0100
> > +++ linux-git/init/Kconfig	2005-12-14 23:09:09.000000000 +0100
> > @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@
> >  source "usr/Kconfig"
> >  
> >  config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
> > -	bool "Optimize for size"
> > +	bool "Optimize for size (EXPERIMENTAL)" if EXPERIMENTAL
> >  	default y if ARM || H8300
> >  	help
> >  	  Enabling this option will pass "-Os" instead of "-O2" to gcc
> 
> This will cause arm and h8300 to accidentally stop using -Os if they have
> !EXPERIMENTAL.

No, arm and h8300 will use -Os with !EXPERIMENTAL.

cu
Adrian

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