Re: Minimizing the Kernel

[Timothy Miller]

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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