On Sat, May 11, 2019 at 11:02:24PM +0300, Alexey Dobriyan wrote: > I compiled current F29 kernel config on x86_64 (5.0.13-200.fc29.x86_64) > with -ffreestanding. The results are interesting :^): > > add/remove: 30/22 grow/shrink: 1290/46867 up/down: 33658/-1778055 > (-1744397) > Total: Before=83298859, After=81554462, chg -2.09% (!) > > That's original config with modules compiled built-in.
Argh, it's the other way: adding -ffreestanding shrinks kernel by 2%.
