Why build kernel for minimum size?

Steve Snyder swsnyder at insightbb.com
Thu Aug 19 22:10:51 UTC 2004


I notice that the FC2 kernels are built for size, not speed.  (The config 
option for compiling for size is selected.)

What is the thinking behind this?  Is the configuration biased toward 
low-memory systems?  Are there CPU cache considerations that effective 
make a small build (-Os) faster than a more optimized (-O2) build?

Thanks.





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