Re: kernel optimization

[christos gentsis <christos_gentsis@yahoo.co.uk>]

Adrian Bunk wrote:

>On Fri, Jul 22, 2005 at 07:55:48PM +0100, christos gentsis wrote:
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>>hello
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>Hi Chris,
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>>i would like to ask if it possible to change the optimization of the 
>>kernel from -O2 to -O3 :D, how can i do that? if i change it to the top 
>>level Makefile does it change to all the Makefiles?
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>search for the line with
>  CFLAGS          += -O2
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>This works for most Makefile's except for the one's that manually
>set -Os.
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>>And let's say that i change it... does this generate any problems with 
>>the space that the kernel will take? (the kernel will be much larger)
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>It's completely untested.
>And since it's larger, it's also slower.
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>>Thanks
>>Chris
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>Adrian
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so if i want to play with and see what happens i have to change it 
manually in each make file... good i may create a kernel like that to 
see what will happens (just for test) ;)

thanks
Chris