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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] 2.2: /proc/config.gz
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    Alan Cox writes:

    >> where you overwrite your old kernel image with a new one without
    >> rebooting instantly).
    >>
    >> But is it so much more expensive than a /proc/config.whatever ?
    >
    > Use that argument 50 times and your kernel has grown 100K.

    If I get the same level of benefit 50 times, wonderful!

    With /proc/config.gz, there is no need to wonder where the
    previous admin stored his config file.

    > Unfortunately everyone keeps using the argument and forgetting
    > the cumulative effect

    The effect is additive, not multiplicative. Considering the
    exponential nature of Moore's Law, additive bloat is no bloat
    at all.


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