> > Just FYI, newer gcc does this in theory automatically when you specify > > > > -feliminate-unused-debug-types -feliminate-unused-debug-symbols > google did not turn up anything useful. > Do you have a poiter to where these are described?
info gcc > > > > There is also -feliminate-dwarf2-dups, but it seems to even increase > > obj dir size. Also -feliminate-dwarf2-dups seems to generate a lot of > > Google only turned up a patch from Mark Mitchell removing this > in ~2001 timeframe. > So again a pointer would be nice. > > I use FC8: > gcc --version > gcc (GCC) 4.1.2 20070925 (Red Hat 4.1.2-33) > > So this is far behind trunk that you use - but I have not had any > real incentive to upgrade. It's in my info pages for SUSE gcc 4.1. I didn't think it was a SUSE extension though. I also checked and all options are in gcc head and in gcc 4.3 > > I would like to have a remote understanding of the options before > enabling them. Right now they are not useful to enable because they don't save file size and in some cases make it even worse. I checked with some gcc developers and they explained why that is so. gcc would need to be fixed first. -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/