On Thu, Dec 04, 2014 at 01:32:59PM -0800, Joe Perches wrote: > Just fyi. > > At least for x86-32, it seems later versions of gcc > are producing smaller images. > > $ size vmlinux.* > text data bss dec hex filename > 657725 118496 1189040 1965261 1dfccd vmlinux.4.4 > 633563 118528 1189448 1941539 1da023 vmlinux.4.6 > 633277 118496 1189592 1941365 1d9f75 vmlinux.4.7 > 632299 121120 1192784 1946203 1db25b vmlinux.4.9
I would certainly hope that GCC's -Os gets better over time. However, I find the increase in data/bss and thus overall size in 4.9 concerning. Any idea what that comes from? - Josh Triplett -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
