> Hi!
>
> > Does compiling with -g option degrade performance? IMO it should NOT.
> >
> > If that's true, then why dont we compile kernels with both -g and -O2
> > always?
>
> Build with -g takes *a lot* of diskspace, like 1Gig.
With gcc 3.x and its dwarf2 default.
It's a lot smaller when you compile with -gstabs (on i386)
stabs works as well for 32bit, but is much more compact.
-Andi
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