Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 1 Jun 1998 21:40:45 +0200 (MET DST) | From | Riccardo Facchetti <> | Subject | Re: [IDEA] Developers: your opinion badly needed ! (Was: [PATCH] /proc/config.gz) |
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On Mon, 1 Jun 1998, Vinod G. Kulkarni wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 01, 1998 at 03:04:05PM +1000, Kevin Lentin wrote: > > > > > 1) make zImage (make bzImage) > > > 2) cat System.map >> zImage (bzImage) > > > 3) boot the new image > > > 4) cat /proc/ksyms_internal will open the zImage (bzImage) file, read the > > > data at the end of image and show it. > > > > > > - Data is NOT linked into the kernel (~ 130 Kb of data), so NO kernel > > > bloat, except of course for the /proc code. > > It seems to me that there are couple of things which can be appended to kernel > in this manner: > 1. Config file > 2. System.map > 3. Selected set of modules. > 4. Minimal root image (Quick aid in case there is file system failure) > 5. Any other user-required features [...]
Very interesting idea. This evening I have posted the patch for the System.map only. In the next days, if I see that there is some interest, I can include the .config data too.
Ciao, Riccardo.
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