[coreboot] use gcc 4.6.0 link time optimization to reduce coreboot execution time

Rudolf Marek r.marek at assembler.cz
Fri Apr 29 08:46:29 CEST 2011


> image size by removing unused functions and data. Reducing the
> image size saves boot time by minimizing the flash memory read

It always made me wonder how DMA support for flash memory copy could improve 
this. The SB700/SB800 has a support for that - it allows to copy the flash 
memory using DMA.

Thanks
Rudolf




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