On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 09:38:22AM +0100, Ingo Molnar wrote: > Subject: [patch] x86: add -freg-struct-return to CFLAGS > From: Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jeremy Fitzhardinge suggested the use of -freg-struct-return, which does > structure-returns (such as when using pte_t) in registers instead of on > the stack. > > that is indeed so, and this option reduced the kernel size a bit: > > text data bss dec hex filename > 4799506 543456 3760128 9103090 8ae6f2 vmlinux.before > 4798117 543456 3760128 9101701 8ae185 vmlinux.after > > the resulting kernel booted fine on my testbox. Lets go for it.
Ok I added it for now. Let's see what happens. I guess people maintaining external Makefiles without Kbuild are in for a nasty surprise again though. Cannot be avoided unfortunately. -Andi - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
