You don't need LTO to trim static binaries (though LTO will do it), `-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections` in compiler flags combined with `--gc-section` (or equ

You don't need LTO to trim static binaries (though LTO will do it), `-ffunction-sections -fdata-sections` in compiler flags combined with `--gc-section` (or equivalent) in linker flags will do it. This way you can get small binaries with readable assembly.