Re: Why is kernel optimized for size?

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On Mon, Jan 03, 2005 at 08:34:10PM -0500, Steve Snyder wrote:
 > I notice that the Fedora kernels have the optimize-for-size option 
 > enabled.  Why is this?  

Smaller cache footprint == better performance.

 > The Fedora developers seem not to expect their kernels to be run on 
 > low-memory systems, given that the 4GB memory map is also enabled.

no longer true in the latest update kernels.

		Dave


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