> - I don't like invoking 'CFLAGS="-O2 -march=foo"make' > - I don't want to set CFLAGS as a persistent environment variable.
Does the kernel building use the CFLAGS at all?
The arch is set during the configuration step ("Processor type and
features" / "Processor family"),
and there's an "optimize for size" option under "General setup", which I
suppose corresponds to -Os.
-- Emanuele Rusconi

