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SubjectRe: Minimizing the Kernel


Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
>>>Well for starters dont use gcc 3 or above.. code size has increased
>>>dramatically with thoose versions. sure they give you more optimization
>>
>>Hmm, has anyone tried -Os with gcc3+ ?
>>Maybe that'd be good for size optimization?
>
>
> AFAIK, the -Os optimization in gcc3 gives you larger binary than -Os in
> gcc2.
>

Any ideas why? I mean, what does all the extra code DO?

And have you considered that some of that extra code might be there for
correctness purposes?

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