Re: [RFC] -Os and -O2

[Robert Millan]

On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 09:31:11PM +0200, Vladimir 'phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
> Hello. Current GRUB2 optimisation strategy is to compile whole grub
> with -Os but only kernel, bus modules, disk modules, partmap and fs
> modules have size concerns. Graphical modules have speed concerns. So
> I propose following optimisation strategy:
> -Os for kernel, bus modules, disk modules, partmap and fs
> -O2 for other modules

Size also affects load time, which is slow because we rely on non-free
firmware code for it (BIOS, EFI...).

A proposal to change this should be accompanied by some benchmarks on
real hardware.

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