Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 13 Jun 2003 09:03:35 -0700 | From | Tom Rini <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] Make gcc3.3 Eliminate Unused Static Functions |
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:04:56AM -0400, Chris Friesen wrote:
> Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > > >does that mean the current linux source tree does not benefit in any way > >from this patch? > > I suspect that currently all such instances are wrapped in #ifdef and are > not currently compiled in. As he said in the original message, "it'd be > nice to discard unused functions (think CONFIG_PROC_FS=n) without needing > to #ifdef around them." > > This would allow us to remove those #ifdefs.
... only if we say a min gcc version of 3.3 however, yes? Otherwise the kernel gets rather bloated. Just how wide-spread (and Good To Use) is gcc-3.3 now?
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