PATCH][RFC][resend] CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE should default to N

[Jesper Juhl]

I believe that the majority of systems we are built on want a -O2 compiled 
kernel. Optimizing for size (-Os) is mainly benneficial for embedded 
systems and systems with very small CPU caches (correct me if I'm wrong).
So it seems wrong to me that CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE defaults to 'y' and 
recommends saying 'Y' if unsure. I believe it should default to 'n' and 
recommend that if unsure. People who bennefit from -Os know who they are 
and can enable the option if needed/wanted - the majority shouldn't 
select this. Right?

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 Kconfig |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 56240e7..0d63dfa 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -903,12 +903,12 @@ endif
 
 config CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE
 	bool "Optimize for size"
-	default y
+	default n
 	help
 	  Enabling this option will pass "-Os" instead of "-O2" to gcc
 	  resulting in a smaller kernel.
 
-	  If unsure, say Y.
+	  If unsure, say N.
 
 config SYSCTL
 	bool


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