linux-kernel - Re: Reducing debuginfo size by removing unneeded includes

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Message-ID: <20080218145006.GA26286@one.firstfloor.org>
Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:50:06 +0100
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...hat.com>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: Reducing debuginfo size by removing unneeded includes

> I found just it to be another reason for cleaning up the includes hell,
> but I agree completely that the correct solution is for gcc to do the
> right thing and eliminate unused debug types.

Yes, but I'm a little disappointed that it doesn't work either.
I remember long ago trying an original patch which did something
similar to -feliminate-dwarf2-* on a 3.3-hammer based gcc and
it actually shrunk the objdir size considerably.

-Andi
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