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. -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all." _______________________________________________ Grub-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/grub-devel
