endchoice
+config HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+ bool
+ help
+ This requires that the arch annotates or otherwise protects
+ its external entry points from being discarded. Linker scripts
+ must also merge .text.*, .data.*, and .bss.* correctly into
+ output sections. Care must be taken not to pull in unrelated
+ sections (e.g., '.text.init'). Typically '.' in section names
+ is used to distinguish them from label names / C identifiers.
+
+config LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+ bool "Dead code and data elimination (EXPERIMENTAL)"
+ depends on HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+ depends on EXPERT
+ help
+ Enable this if you want to do dead code and data elimination with
+ the linker by compiling with -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections,
+ and linking with --gc-sections.
+
+ This can reduce on disk and in-memory size of the kernel
+ code and static data, particularly for small configs and
+ on small systems. This has the possibility of introducing
+ silently broken kernel if the required annotations are not
+ present. This option is not well tested yet, so use at your
+ own risk.
+
config SYSCTL
bool
menuconfig EXPERT
bool "Configure standard kernel features (expert users)"
- # Unhide debug options, to make the on-by-default options visible
- select DEBUG_KERNEL
help
This option allows certain base kernel options and settings
to be disabled or tweaked. This is for specialized