Testing optimize-for-size suitability?

Is there a benchmark or set of benchmarks that would allow me to test the suitability of the CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE kernel config option? It seems to me that the benefit of this option is very dependant on the amount of CPU cache installed, with the compiler code generation being a seconda

Any gain to supporting only a single PCMCIA slot?

Hello. PCMCIA/Cardbus controllers typically (always?) support 2 slots, and system resources are allocated to support those slots. When you build PCMCIA support into your kernel, you are implicitly asking for both slots to be supported. I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile to let the user

IDE chipset: CMD643 == CMD640?

e 9, function 1: CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1130 (#2) (rev 4). Master Capable. Latency=168. Min Gnt=192.Max Lat=5. Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0x10001000 [0x10001fff]. *** Steve Snyder *** - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-

How-To for PPPoE in v2.4.x?

Is there a How-To for getting the Linux v2.4.x PPPoE support to work? I've searched for info but have mostly found sketchy references on getting PPPoE to work with the v2.2 kernel. My system is running RedHat v6.2 and the v2.4.2 Linux kernel. I've built PPP and PPPoE support into the kerne